Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticYears into the COVID-19 pandemic, “Station Eleven” suggests we got off easy.Both the 2014 novel by Emily St.
John Mandel and its limited-series adaptation on HBO Max tell the story of a viral plague that decimates the world’s population too quickly for any response.
Novel and TV show alike depict both the first moments of global spread and the state of things 20 years on, in a hardscrabble world where humanity’s remnants seek moments of poetry.Admirers of the timeline-hopping book will be pleased to know that this adaptation, created by Patrick Somerville, attempts to keep Mandel’s style alive.
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