EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL
WHEN SFX SPEAKS TO EMILY ST JOHN Mandel, she has yet to settle on a tidy “elevator pitch” to describe new novel Sea Of Tranquility. “I’m going to meander a little bit,” she says, apologising with a smile before embarking on a description that takes in pandemics, art, “what it means to live an honourable life”, time travel and the simulation hypothesis.
“It’s very much about the nature of reality, and the realities that we create for ourselves, and broadly speaking, is complex and richly rewarding.
