Exit Party

Does the novel’s structural division into an A-Side and B-Side impact to Mandel’s thematic exploration of The Hope of Multiple Possible Futures?

How does Marlowe’s relationship with Hugo affect her understanding of truth? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.

Compare and contrast Exit Party with another of Mandel’s novels such as The Singer’s Gun (2010) or Sea of Tranquility (2022). What similar elements or themes emerge?

Compare Ari’s three marriages: with Felix Washington, Bill Soriano, and Eddie Kalisa. How does each relationship contribute to Ari’s characterization throughout the novel?

Mandel presents Ari’s conversations with Nico in the hospital as transcripts rather than prose. What is the impact of this structural choice on the narrative?

Compare and contrast the role of the Swan Dive painting in Exit Party with another novel that incorporates a painting as a central device such as Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch (2013) or Girl with a Pearl Earring (2000) by Tracy Chevalier. How does each novel engage with The Connective Power of Art?

Consider the novel’s portrayal of surveillance in Ari and Ibari’s realities. How does each of the story’s two worlds contribute to the novel’s thematic exploration of Surveillance as the Price for Harmony?

Does the novel’s depiction of Lucas Alkaitis and his painting, Swan Dive, altar your understanding of the Alkaitis family legacy as depicted in The Glass Hotel (2020) and Sea of Tranquility (2022)?