Oryx And Crake
Sep 2009 · Hachette UK
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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
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
Ratings and reviews
4.5
91 reviews
Seireadan Smith
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June 26, 2017
If speculative fiction moves you, this certainly will. The protagonist does not make it an easy journey, though Snowman, and the reader through him, are perhaps not intended to "have a easy time". Oyrx and Crake can be read as both a warning and (potential) endorsement of transhumanism. We, as readers, are never the less are led through this craft-yet-convincing world by Snowman/Jimmy, a graduate of the Arts, who perceives the flaws of a (our) highly specialised and technologically-dependant global state.
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Szymon Ilczyk
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March 14, 2017
Bit boring at times but in general fine. I was expecting something more to be honest.
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Paul Holland
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June 23, 2013
Cannot begin to say enough good things about this book. Read it now.
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About the author
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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