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Sea of Tranquility is an English‑language novel by woman author Emily St. John Mandel that explores speculative concepts such as time travel, space and time, and space colonies. The book is thematically framed around epidemics and the human responses to global crises, while engaging with interstellar settings and the metaphysical implications of altered timelines. Recognized as a New York Times bestseller, the novel occupies an important place within modern women‑authored literature, drawing on both domestic and planetary horizons to examine the tensions between personal identity and collective history.
First publish date: 2022
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Emily St. John Mandel
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