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Oryx And Crake

byMargaret Atwood

By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACE 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. 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

Language

en

Published on

29/08/2013

Pages

436

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780349004068

Who is this book for? Readers interested in dystopian narratives, environmental issues, and complex character relationships.

Topics Genetic engineeringDystopian futureLove and lossEnvironmental degradationCorporate powerSurvivalBioengineering ethicsPost-apocalyptic worldHuman extinctionFriendship and betrayalLoveEnvironmental IssuesFriendship
MoodMelancholic, Hopeful
HumorOccasional Humor
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

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