There were many occasions when I had to pause my reading of this book just to think about what I’d just read. I’ve covered some of the story, but like Mandels other books, it’s also about family, about art and culture, and the ties that bind us. I’m probably making it much more complicated that it really is and not really explaining it well. The footage seems have captured an anomaly on Vancouver Island, which might be a tear in the time-space continuum. What links these people together is a short piece of footage shot by a teenage Vincent, who we meet in ‘The glass hotel.’ Her brother Paul has been using it in his performances, which is where we meet Vincent’s old friend Mirella. She’s originally from moon colony two, as is Gaspery Jacques-Roberts, a sort of time travelling detective who lives in the night city aronund 2400 and becomes interested in these characters. Two hundred years later and the book introduces Olive Lleywellan, a novelist who is visiting earth for a book tour. He’s been banished by his family for a bit of a rant at the dinner table. The book begins on Vancouver Island and the year is 1912, where we meet Edwin St. Emily St John Mandel was my favourite find of 2022, so it seemed apt to start 2023 with a review of her most recent book,’ Sea of tranquility.’ Again, she doesn’t disappoint.
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