Oryx and Crake
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- 44,99 zł
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- 44,99 zł
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments
A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey—with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake—through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Nobody does dystopia like Margaret Atwood. She brilliantly conjures an apocalyptic world populated by scary crossbred beasts (wolvogs and pigoons!), a race of genetically resilient humanoids, and a guy called Snowman, who may be the last living human on Earth thanks to a human-made plague. His reflections on the tawdry world before it collapsed and his inept attempts to survive the bigger mess the planet has become manage to be both horrible and hilarious. Atwood’s achievement is showing the dangers of humankind’s self-inflicted horrors. Her warning hits like a hammer: Nothing, not even science, will save the human race once we lose touch with all that makes us humane.
