Oryx And Crake

Margaret Atwood

Sep 2009 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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

Ratings and reviews

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.

Bit boring at times but in general fine. I was expecting something more to be honest.

Atwood. At her best you're equal parts uncomfortable and blown away. Particularly liked the chickens and the pigs.

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.