by Margaret Atwood · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780385721677
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«Oryx and Crake» is Margaret Atwood's dystopian science fiction novel, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (389 pages, in English).
In a world ravaged by a plague, Snowman, formerly Jimmy, seems to be the last survivor. Alongside the Children of Crake, green-eyed creatures, he remembers his friend Crake and the enigmatic Oryx while reconstructing how corporate genetic engineering led civilization to collapse.
«Oryx and Crake» is the first installment of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy and was shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize.
For readers of dystopian and post-apocalyptic science fiction, especially fans of Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
