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Oryx And Crake
Margaret Atwood
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Description for Oryx And Crake
Paperback. The outrageous imagination of Margaret Atwood has never been better. Dark, witty, scary and very credible, this is a mystery, an adventure story, a page-turner and a brilliant novel. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349004068
SKU
9780349004068
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Ref
99-1
About 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.
Reviews for Oryx And Crake
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 ... Read more