Exit party : a novel / Emily St. John Mandel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doppelgängers--Fiction.

Doppelgängers.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Space and time--Fiction.

Space and time.

Multiverse--Fiction.

Multiverse.

Arms dealers--Fiction.

Arms dealers.

Parties--Fiction.

Parties.

Genre:

Fiction

Novels

Science fiction

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.

Summary:

"Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party's host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change"-- Front book flap.

"Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party's host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change"-- Dustjacket.

Contents:

Part 1: A-side. Homeland

Paris

Three conversations after an explosion

The birthday present

Part 2: B-side. Transport

Due diligence

Exit wound

Part 3: Swan dive.

Part 1 : A-side

Homeland

Part 2 : B-side

Transport

Part 3 : Swan dive

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780593321461

0593321464

9798217209057

OCLC:

1559989165