$23.58
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2013
Summary
BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID’S TALE
FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
THE FIRST VOLUME IN ATWOOD’S DARKLY WITTY MADDADDAM TRILOGY
‘Shocking and darkly humorous … A book to galvanise’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Towering and intrepid … Atwood does Orwell one better’ NEW YORKER
‘Both profound and impish … Atwood is one of the most impressively ambitious writers of our time’ GUARDIAN
‘Oryx and Crake is Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349004068 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349004064 |
| Author: | Margaret Atwood |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 19 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 28mm |
| Series: | The Maddaddam Trilogy |
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Critics Review
The writing is spare. The structure is tight. The observation of the human condition is both profound and impish. Character is crucial. The issues are huge and we feel the weight of them. Finally, it leaves the reader on a cliff-edge the like of which I have never encountered elsewhere. It was nominated for the Man Booker. I think it should have won
* Guardian *Mischief of a much darker variety drags me into the dystopian world of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake. Although written in 2003, the year of Sars, many passages chill me to the core with their prescience, depicting elements of what we are living through now; a reminder of the fine line between the imagined and the real … Shocking and darkly humorous with much to say on the pharmaceutical and beauty industries. A book to galvanise me
– Emma Reed * Daily Telegraph *Towering and intrepid … Atwood does Orwell one better
* New Yorker *Majestic … Keeps us on the edges of our seats
* Washington Post *[A] stunning new novel - possibly her best since The Handmaid’s Tale
* Time Out New York *A roll of dry, black, parodic laughter … One of the year’s most surprising novels * The Economist *Dances with energy and sophisticated gallows humor … [Atwood’s] wry wit makes dystopia fun
* People *A crackling read … Atwood is one of the most impressively ambitious writers of our time
* Guardian *A powerful vision… . Very readable
* New York Times Book Review *This superlatively gripping and remarkably imagined book joins The Handmaid’s Tale in the distinguished company of novels (The Time Machine, Brave New World and 1984) that look ahead to warn us about the results of human short-sightedness * The Times *Oryx and Crake is Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry. Her gloriously inventive brave new world is all the more chilling because of the mirror it holds up to our own. Citizens, be warned * Independent *The writing is spare. The structure is tight. The observation of the human condition is both profound and impish. Character is crucial. The issues are huge and we feel the weight of them. Finally, it leaves the reader on a cliff-edge the like of which I have never encountered elsewhere. It was nominated for the Man Booker. I think it should have won – Anita Mason * Guardian *About The Author
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes.
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