Oryx And Crake
Margaret Atwood
In this terrifying dystopia, Atwood creates a not-so-far future in which bioengineering is the main cause of the apocalypse. Set in two different timelines from the point of view of the same character, Snowman, this novel is dark, brutal, and feels all too real: through his eyes, we see the world sink into biological warfare, mass extinction, and its subsequent destruction. Atwood’s dystopia is alarming: it is uncanny enough to feel impossible while still hitting close to home. Environmental disasters, capitalism and fast-paced technological advances make for a horrifying and fast-paced collapse of the world as Snowman knows it. Atwood is a master of the speculative fiction genre and, like The Handmaid’s Tale, this novel is a masterclass and unforgettable read.
By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACE
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Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.
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Praise for Oryx and Crake:
'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' -INDEPENDENT
'Gripping and remarkably imagined' -LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
