This whole place is death. No, that’s unfair—this place isn… - Emily St. John Mandel

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This whole place is death. No, that’s unfair—this place isn’t death, this place is indifference. This place is utterly neutral on the question of whether he lives or dies; it doesn’t care about his last name or where he went to school; it hasn’t even noticed him.

Emily St. John Mandel

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Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist.

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Alternative Names: Emily St. John Fairbanks

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