Margaret Atwood

Book cover of The Year of the Flood

The Year of the Flood

Book Résumé Margaret Atwood: Set in the visionary future of Atwood’s acclaimed Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood is at once a moving tale of lasting friendship and a landmark work of speculative fiction. In this second book of the MaddAddam trilogy, the long-feared waterless flood has occurred, altering Earth as we know […]

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Book cover of Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake

Book Résumé Margaret Atwood: The first book of the MaddAddam trilogy explores a world that has been devastated by ecological and scientific disasters. It is at once a love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world

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Book cover of The Handmaid's Tale (graphic novel)

The Handmaid’s Tale (graphic novel)

Book Résumé Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault: Margaret Atwood’s best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid’s Tale is everywhere–and it’s primed for a stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic:

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Book cover of The Handmaid's Tale.

The Handmaid’s Tale

Book Résumé Margaret Atwood: “This visionary novel. in which God and Government are joined, and America is run as a Puritanical Theoracy, can be read as a companion volume to Orwell’s 1984-its verso, in fact. It gives you the same degree of chill, even as it suggests the varieties of tyrannical experience; it evokes the

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