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By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceZenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman''s nightmare. She is also dead. Just to make sure Tony, Roz andd Charis are there for the funeral. But five years on, as the three women share an indulgent, sisterly lunch, the unthinkable happens; 'with waves of ill will flowing out of her like cosmic radiation', Zenia is back...

Objev podobné jako The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwoodová

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of this Booker prize winner, Margaret Atwood has written a brand new preface for this edition

Objev podobné jako The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwoodová

Winner of the Man Booker Prize By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama.

Objev podobné jako The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwoodová

By the author of The Handmaid''s Tale and The TestamentsCharmaine sees an advertisement for a project called Positron that promises you a job, a place to live, a bed to sleep in - imagine how appealing that would be if you were working in a dive bar and living in your car. She and her husband, Stan, apply at once.The only catch is that once you''re in there, you can''t get out.No one writes the lust and the loves, the wickedness and the weakness of the human heart like the splendid Margaret Atwood.''Margaret Atwood [is] a living legend'' New York Times Book Review''Gloriously madcap . . . You only pause in your laughter when you realise that, in its constituent parts, the world she depicts here is all too horribly plausible'' Stephanie Merritt, Observer''Her eye for the most unpredictable caprices of the human heart and her narrative fearlessness have made her one of the world''s most celebrated novelists'' Naomi Alderman, Guardian''The bestselling author who shot to fame thirty years ago with The Handmaid''s Tale is still at her darkly comic best'' Sunday Times

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**THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid''s Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred?The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia. But how far will each go for what she believes?Now with additional material: book club discussion points and an interview with Margaret Atwood about the real-life events that inspired The Testaments and The Handmaid''s Tale.''The Testaments is Atwood at her best . . . To read this book is to feel the world turning'' Anne Enright_________________________________PRAISE FOR THE TESTAMENTS:''Everything The Handmaid''s Tale fans wanted and more. Prepare to hold your breath throughout, and to cry real tears at the end'' Stylist''She manages to write about the darkest and most terrifying parts of human psychology in a way that is still deeply funny and full of dark strange hope'' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power

Objev podobné jako The Testaments - Margaret Atwoodová

** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The TestamentsNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSSOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.‘A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist’ Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER‘This novel seems ever more vital in the present day’ ObserverIncludes exclusive content: In The ''Backstory'' you can read Margaret Atwood''s account of how she came to write this landmark dystopian novel.

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Margaret Atwood''s acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer. As portrayed in Homer''s Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus'' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer''s original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope''s twelve maids. Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel. The Penelopiad premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada''s National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.

Objev podobné jako The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwoodová

The instant number one bestseller from the legendary Margaret AtwoodMy heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don't say, 'My heart is broken.' We say, 'Are there any cookies?'In this dazzling collection of stories we meet beloved cats, George Orwell, a daughter whose mother may or may not be a witch, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. And we meet and re-meet Nell and Tig, a long-married couple, and see the moments big and small that make up a life of love - and what comes after.'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times 'A living legend' New York Times Book Review

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Margaret Atwoodová, jedna z nejvýznačnějších postav současné světové literatury, se v románu Rok potopy vrací k postapokalyptické vizi světa po globální katastrofě. Stejně jako v úvodní části trilogie Gazela a Chřástal popisuje Atwoodová hrůzy světa, ve kterém lidstvo v zájmu vědeckého a technologického pokroku nejen mění životní prostředí, ale ničí samo sebe. Tentokrát ovšem situaci, neodvratně směřující k tragédii, nahlížíme z perspektivy dvou žen, které "suchá potopa" souhrou náhod ušetří. Ren je mladá akrobatka na hrazdě, kterou zachránila izolace v luxusním sexklubu, Toby přežila zabarikádovaná v lázních určených původně bohaté klientele. Oběma ale po čase nezbývá než vyjít do světa, v němž nemohou věřit lidem ani zvířatům, a pokusit se znovu probudit v sobě i v ostatních přátelství a lidskost.

Objev podobné jako Rok potopy - Margaret Atwoodová

** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.''As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it'' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means ''of Fred''. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.''A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist'', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means `of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return.Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

Objev podobné jako The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwoodová

A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel.'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' GuardianOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States.She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed.If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged.Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.'Fiercely political, yet witting and wise...this novel seems ever more vital in the present day' ObserverVintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid´s Tale: Vintage Quarterbound Classics - Margaret Atwoodová

Audiokniha: Dystopická vize ukazuje blízkou budoucnost na půdě dnešních Spojených států amerických, které se proměnily v republiku Gileád a vlády se chopil klerofašistický režim, jenž militantně volá po návratu k tradičním hodnotám. Země se potýká s ekologickými katastrofami a ztrátou lidské plodnosti, takže ženy, které ještě mohou mít děti, jsou jako „služebnice“ nuceny k sexuálnímu otroctví v rodinách velitelů, aby s nimi zplodily potomky místo neplodných chotí. Jednou z nich je i vypravěčka, která musí obezřetně manévrovat mezi Veliteli, jejich krutými Manželkami, hospodyněmi Martami i ostatními Služebnicemi – protože kdokoli z nich může být špionem Gileádu. Podle románu vznikl v roce 2017 úspěšný a oceňovaný televizní seriál s Elisabeth Moss, Josephem Fiennesem či Alexis Bledel v hlavních rolích. Připravuje se i jeho druhá řada, která už bude příběhem pouze inspirována. V roce 1990 byl natočen také stejnojmenný celovečerní film v režii Volkera Schlöndorffa (Plechový bubínek), v němž si zahrály např. Natasha Richardson či Faye Dunaway a scénář k němu napsal známý anglický dramatik Harold Pinter. Nahrávka obsahuje bonusovou kapitolu, napsanou autorkou POUZE pro audio verzi (v knize ji tedy nenajdete). Margaret Atwoodová (* 1939) Kanadská spisovatelka, básnířka, literární kritička, a feministická a sociální aktivistka je jednou z nejvíce ceněných autorek beletrie současné doby; za její literární dílo se jí dostalo mezinárodního uznání. Mezi lety 1984 až 1986 byla prezidentkou PEN klubu. Studovala na University of Toronto a později také na Harvard University. Vyučovala na University of British Columbia (v roce 1965), Sir George Williams University in Montreal (1967–1968), University of Alberta (1969–1979), York University (1971–1972) a New York University. Za román Příběh služebnice (BB art, 2008) získala vůbec první ocenění Arthur C. Clarke Award za nejlepší vědeckofantastický román, podle kterého byl v roce 2017 natočený úspěšný televizní seriál s herečkou Elisabeth Moss (seriály Mad Men, Top of the Lake) v hlavní roli. Česky vyšlo množství jejích próz jako Ublížení na těle (Odeon, 1989), Muzeum zkamenělin (Odeon, 2002), Přežívá nejsmutnější (Mladá Fronta, 2005), Z hlubin (NLN, 2006), Penelopiáda (Argo, 2007), Pýthie (Mladá Fronta, 2009), a povídkových sbírek Modrovousovo vejce (Volvox Globator, 2002), Hra na vraha (BB art, 2004), Dobré kosti (BB art, 2005) i dalších. Zuzana Kajnarová (* 1982) Už během studia na gymnáziu navštěvovala Herecké studio Mileny Asmanové a spolupracovala s činohrou Národního divadla Moravskoslezského v Ostravě. Poté studovala na pražské DAMU – ve třetím ročníku začala hostovat v Divadle ABC a do Městských divadel pražských také později nastoupila do stálého angažmá. Do povědomí filmových diváků se dostala díky roli služebné Dorotky v úspěšné pohádce Anděl Páně (2005). Pravidelně se objevuje v televizních seriálech, např. Redakce, Místo v životě, Proč bychom se netopili, Přešlapy, Vyprávěj, Labyrint či Specialisté. Martin Myšička (* 1970) Vystudoval činoherní herectví na pražské DAMU a Matematicko-fyzikální fakultu v oboru subnukleární fyziky. Ještě během studií hrál např. v Národním divadle nebo ve Studiu Ypsilon. V roce 1994 získal Cenu Alfréda Radoka jako talent roku za roli Knížete Myškina v dramatu Idiot. Od roku 1997 je ve stálém angažmá v Dejvickém divadle, od roku 2017 zde působí jako umělecký šéf. Jeho režijním debutem byla inscenace hry Joea Penhalla Krajina se zbraní. Filmoví a televizní diváci jej znají např. ze snímků Šeptej (1996), Jedna ruka netleská (2003), Karamazovi (2008), Protektor (2009), Občanský průkaz (2010), Rozkoš (2013), Díra u Hanušovic (2014), Ztraceni v Mnichově (2015), Zločin v Polné (2016) nebo ze seriálů Čtvrtá hvězda (2014), Vraždy v kruhu (2015), Pět mrtvých psů (2016), V. I. P. vraždy (2016), Já, Mattoni (2016), Kosmo (2016), Bohéma (2017) a dalších.

Objev podobné jako Příběh služebnice - Margaret Atwoodová - audiokniha

Nejnovější povídkovou tvorbu oceňované kanadské autorky rámují reflexe šťastného soužití a proměny času po ztrátě nejbližší bytosti. Nejen věnování zesnulému Graemu Gibsonovi, s nímž spisovatelka sdílela téměř padesát let, zájmy i příznačný smysl pro humor, ale především láskyplnost a bolest napovídají, že jde o text silně, byť nepřiznaně autobiografický. Margaret Atwoodová dnešních dní alias Nell vzpomíná na ztřeštěnosti podzimu života, toulky milovanou přírodou či na snahu zvěčnit kocoura v přebásnění Tennysona. Probírá se tchánovou pozůstalostí a vlivem války na lidskou psychiku. Zakopává o věci, které nám zůstávají po tom, kdo vlastně nikdy tak docela neodešel. A dál píše. O matce, jež neodpovídá společenským představám, o mimozemském stvoření, které za pandemie baví lidstvo v karanténě absurditou našich dávných příběhů, o převtělení šneka do bankovní operátorky. Rozmlouvá s Orwellem nebo glosuje historii očima umučené antické filozofky. A je přitom břitká a neodolatelná jako vždycky.

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Soubor povídek o počátku pandemie v New Yorku vymyšlený Margaret Atwoodovou. Koncept spočívá ve hře pro celou skupinu autorů. Výchozí situace: Kdo stihl před karanténou odjet z města na venkov, udělal to. Statisíce lidí však v New Yorku zůstalo, třeba jako obyvatelé jednoho činžáku. Skoro nikam se nesmí, ale střecha je pěkně plochá a dá se tam posedět. Někdo přinese křeslo, někdo basu piv a lidé se tam začínají scházet, bez mobilů, zato každý se svým příběhem. Soused pozná soused a hned se pandemie překonává o něco lépe. Mezi další autory povídkového souboru patří Neil Gaiman, David Byrne, John Grisham, Dave Eggers atd.

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Gazela a Chřástal je nejen příběhem velké a zničující lásky, ale i strhující a varovnou vizí budoucnosti. Hlavní hrdina Sněžný alias Jimmy, jak se mu říkalo v dobách před vypuknutím moru, jenž vyhladil veškeré lidstvo, bojuje o přežití ve světě, kde je možná posledním žijícím člověkem, a truchlí nad ztrátou svého nejlepšího kamaráda Chřástala a jejich společné lásky, krásné a nepostižitelné Gazely. Jeho jedinými společníky jsou zelenooké Chřástalovy děti, výsledky genetického experimentu jeho vizionářského přítele. Ve snaze vyrovnat se s minulostí se Sněžný vydává po vlastních stopách do míst, kde ještě nedávno stávalo moderní, výstavní město a kam se po konci civilizace rychle vrací divočina. Obraz nepříliš vzdálené budoucnosti, který Margaret Atwoodová v románu vykresluje, je ve své tíživé pravděpodobnosti nejen znepokojivý, ale i varovný…

Objev podobné jako Gazela a Chřástal - Margaret Atwoodová

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceThe sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the world.But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there?

Objev podobné jako The Year Of The Flood - Margaret Atwoodová

"Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us." Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, ecause in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. The Handmaid's Tale and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming ileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series. This groundbreaking new graphic novel edition, adapted and featuring arresting artwork by Renée Nault, is destined to become a classic in its own right.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová, Renée Nault

** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.''A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist'' Bernadine Evaristo‘As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it’ Guardian

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice—from Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham.One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants—some of whom have barely spoken to each other—become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn’t escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Cassara, Jennine Capó Crucet, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Douglas Preston, Alice Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, Caroline Randall Williams, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer!

Objev podobné jako Fourteen Days - Douglas Preston, Margaret Atwoodová

It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed. Deserves the highest praise. -- "San Francisco Chronicle".

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Now that all the others have run out of air, it''s my turn to do a little story-making . . . So I''ll spin my own thread.Penelope. Immortalised in legend and Greek myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband''s return from the Trojan war.Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.

Objev podobné jako The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwoodová

NOW A SMASH-HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America explores a world in which oppression of women, and repression of the truth, have become justified. 'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceThese short fictions and prose poems are beautifully bizarre: bread can no longer be thought of as wholesome comforting loaves; the pretensions of the male chef are subjected to a loght roasting; a poisonous brew is concocted by cynical five year olds; and knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.* 'Direct, unpretentious, humorous' SUNDAY TIMES.

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One of the New Windmills series for schools, this is the story of Offred, one of the few women in the Republic of Gilead left with functioning ovaries, whose only function it is to breed. If she deviates, she will be hanged as a dissenter. But Offred is determined to find a way out.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice—from Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants—some of whom have barely spoken to each other—become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn’t escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.

Objev podobné jako Fourteen Days - Margaret Atwoodová

Historický román Alias Grace je založen na skutečných událostech, vraždách Thomase Kinneara a Nancy Montgomeryové, z nichž byla obviněna mladičká služebná Grace Marksová a sluha James McDermott. Za mladou Grace, trpící ztrátou paměti, přijíždí do věznice po deseti letech mladý psychiatr Simon Jordan, aby se v ní pokusil vzkřísit pohřbené vzpomínky a zjistil, jestli zločin skutečně spáchala. Během dlouhých rozhovorů hledá cestu do její paměti skrz sny a dotazy na dětství strávené v Irsku, odkud se celá rodina přesunula do Kanady za lepším životem. Přes původně čistě profesionální zájem o Gracin případ se postupně zaplétá do jejího příběhu. Gracino vyprávění i Jordanovy životní peripetie se odehrávají v kulisách Kanady první poloviny 19. století. Propracovaný historický román patří mezi nejdůležitější a nejčtenější díla Margaret Atwoodové - v roce 2017 podle něj natočila společnost Netflix oceňovaný televizní seriál. "Alias Grace uhání kupředu tempem komerčního román a má sílu budoucí klasiky." - Washington Post Book World "Ať už je Grace z pera Margaret Atwoodové zloduška, nebo oběť, vždycky je to fascinující společnice." - People "V románu Alias Grace je všechno, co má fantastická knížka mít: napětí, tajemství, vzrušení a dokonale propracované historické prostředí." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...

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‘Compelling'' Marie Claire''Immensely enjoyable'' Observer ''Fascinating'' Red One week into lockdown, the tenants of a Manhattan apartment building have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories in this exciting new twist on the novel.With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned buckets. Gradually the tenants – some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now – become real neighbours.With each character secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood to John Grisham and Celeste Ng, Fourteen Days is a heart-warming ode to the power of storytelling and human connection.Includes writing from: Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Erica Jong, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Doug Preston, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Meg Wolitzer and many more.‘A valuable reminder that stories can teach, console and perhaps even change their readers’ Financial Times

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From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Dancing Girls and Other Stories showcases Margaret Atwood's masterly skill for storytelling. Students, journalists, farmers, birdwatchers, ex-wives, adolescent lovers - and dancing girls. All ordinary people.Or are they? In brilliant flashes of fantasy, humour and unexpected violence, Margaret Atwood reveals the complexities of human relationships and maps the motivations we scarcely know we have within us. Populated with characters who evoke laughter, compassion, terror and recognition, Atwood’s stories show why she remains one of our greatest, most original storytellers.

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The most supportive, easy-to-use and focussed literature guides to help your students understand the texts they are studying at GCSE and A Level

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid's Tale (York Notes Advanced) English Literature Study Guide - for 2026, 2027 exams - Margaret Atwoodová, Coral Ann Howells

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood – a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes – Paper Boat assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters – mythological figures, animals and everyday people – all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. ‘How can one live with such a heart?’ Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader, and ferrying us through life, death and whatever comes next.Walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy as only she can, Atwood’s journey through poetry illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears. Spanning six decades of work – from her earliest beginnings to brand new poems – this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.

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Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to speak and to act to preserve our freedom while we still can. And in that, there is hope.

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By the author of The Handmaid's TaleNow a major NETFLIX series Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.

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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.''Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler'' Red Magazine''Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring'' Daily Mirror''Where power and feminist rage meet'' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.STORIES BY: Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Annie Hodson, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O''Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig

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A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2024This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it matters. In 2024, nearly half the world will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It''s a thrilling, unprecedented opportunity for change - yet democracy is also under threat.Women are at the forefront of the fight for democratic rights, as well as being the most vulnerable when those rights disappear. Here, eleven extraordinary women - leaders, philosophers, historians, writers and activists - explore democracy''s power to uplift our societies. Between its ancient origins and its modern challenges, they share a vision for a better future - one we can build together.

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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID''S TALE, THE TESTAMENTS AND ALIAS GRACE''Dark and witty tales from the gleefully inventive Margaret Atwood. Witty verve, imaginative inventiveness and verbal sizzle vivify every page'' Sunday TimesA recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite.''A collection of nine acerbic, mischievous, gulpable short stories'' Harper''s Bazaar''Atwood''s prose is so sharp and sly that the effect is bracing rather than bleak'' Guardian''[Look at these tales] as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!'' Ursula K. Le Guin, Financial Times ''Atwood has characters here close to death, dead already, unwittingly doomed or - in one memorable case - freeze-dried; but her own curiosity, enthusiasm and sheer storytelling panache remain alive and kicking'' Independent

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It’s 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress.Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories?Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.

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Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The TestamentsA man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman''s intimate life is strangely dominated by the fear of nuclear warfare; a melancholy teenage love is swept away by a hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds...In these exceptional short stories, by turns funny and searingly honest, Margaret Atwood captures brilliantly the complex forces that govern our relationships, and the powerful emotions that guide them.‘An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women’ The Times

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From the author of The Handmaid''s Tale and Alias Grace* Rabbit superheroes. A theory of masks and capes. Victorian otherlands.From her 1940s childhood to her time at Harvard, Margaret Atwood has always been fascinated with SF. In 2010, she delivered a lecture series at Emory University called ''In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.'' This book is the result of those lectures. It includes essays on Ursula Le Guin and H G Wells, her interesting distinction between ''science fiction proper'' and ''speculative fiction'', and the letter which she wrote to the school which tried to ban The Handmaid''s Tale. *''Spooky . . . wild'' - Telegraph ''Elegant and witty'' - Guardian''Eminently readable and accessible . . . The lectures are insightful and cogently argued with a neat comic turn of phrase . . . Her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none'' - Financial Times

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Kitty is a superhero-in-training with feline super powers. She dreams of being just like her superhero mum oneday, but she''s still got a lot to learn. Join her for a series of enchanting adventures by the light of the moon.In Kitty and the Star Stone Robber, Kitty is called to a break-in at the city museum. Dinosaur bones, glittering gems, and a special sparkling meteorite are all missing. Kitty has a clear idea of who the robber could be, but is it a case of mistaken identity?

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MEET THE DETECTIVE DUO YOU''LL NEVER FORGETFor readers of The Marlow Murder Club, Richard Osman and The List of Suspicious Things''One of the best books I''ve read this year'' ALEX GRAY''An absorbingly unusual murder mystery'' CHRIS BROOKMYRE''Who knew that an 89-year-old and a teenager would make the perfect crime-fighting duo?!'' Reader Review ★★★★★''Delightfully cosy'' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH''I laughed, cried and was amazed'' Reader Review ★★★★★''Wry, compelling and ever so poignant'' NAOMI KELSEY''Perfect if you love quirky, senior investigating'' Reader Review ★★★★★''A cleverly crafted mystery with an amateur detective duo you root for even against the odds'' EMILY CRITCHLEY__________89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks. Only recently, Margaret''s memory isn''t what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told her something important. Something she was supposed to remember. When Barbara is found dead, Margaret determines to recover her missing memory. She and her grandson James begin to investigate, but soon strange incidents occur in her home. Margaret''s daughter thinks her memory is getting worse, but Margaret knows somebody wants her out of the way. Because Margaret holds the key to solving this crime. If only she could remember where she put it.

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''Original, intelligent and beautifully written. . . alive with period detail.''DAILY MAIL''A gem of a book.'' ELODIE HARPER, THE WOLF DEN TRILOGY''Such a joy.’ JO BROWNING WROE, A TERRIBLE KINDNESS‘Utterly transporting, piercingly honest and intimate.’ INGRID PERSAUD, LOVE AFTER LOVEBlackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch – a rather demure young woman – has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation. Then, her path is crossed by the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey (aka Harold Davidson), who is the subject of a national scandal. Margaret is determined to discover the truth behind the headlines: is Davidson a maligned hero or an exploiter of the vulnerable? But her own troubles are never far away, and Margaret’s fear that history is about to repeat itself means she needs to uncover that truth urgently. This deeply evocative novel ripples with the tension of a country not yet able to countenance the devastation of another war. Margaret walks us along the promenade, peeks into the baths and even dares a trip on the love boat in this, her first seaside summer season, on a path more dangerous than she could ever have imagined.Readers are loving The Misadventures of Margaret Finch:***** ''Fascinating. The novel perfectly captures Blackpool in its heyday. . . you will not be able to put this down''***** ''Absolutely loved this!''***** ''A wonderful blend of fact, fiction and history to make a fascinating story''***** ''Engaging and captivating, I’m going to miss Margaret et al enormously.''

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Ronja, the daughter of the robber chieftain, roams the forest but she must beware the grey dwarves and wild harpies. When she befriends Birk, the son of her father''s greatest enemy, it causes uproar. Ronia and Birk can no longer be friends . . . unless they do something drastic. Like running away . . .Suddenly they are fending for themselves in the woods, but how will they survive when winter comes? And will Ronia''s father ever accept her friendship with Birk so they can go home?This timeless classic story from bestselling and much-loved author, Astrid Lindgren, has been transformed by the acclaimed Studio Ghibli in a stunning TV series. This beautiful illustrated edition features artwork of the animation.

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''Brilliantly entertaining and original'' C.L. Taylor''A standout book'' Rosie WalshFrom the Sunday Times-bestselling author Rowan Coleman, comes a special new series featuring the Brontë sisters, written under the name Bella EllisYorkshire, 1845, and dark rumours are spreading across the moors. Everything indicates that Mrs Elizabeth Chester of Chester Grange has been brutally murdered in her home - but nobody can find her body.As the dark murmurs reach Emily, Anne and Charlotte Brontë, the sisters are horrified, yet intrigued. Before they know it, the siblings become embroiled in the quest to find the vanished bride, sparking their imaginations but placing their lives at great peril . . .Loved The Vanished Bride? Pre-order The Diabolical Bones, the next book in the Brontë Mysteries series now!Praise for The Vanished Bride:''Evocative and utterly enchanting'' Sarah Hilary''A gripping, twisty mystery'' Angela Clarke''A splendid adventure'' Guardian''A treat from start to finish'' Jane Casey''Happily, more Brontë mysteries are to be expected'' TLS

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Will Lucy make it down the aisle? It''s going to be an uphill struggle . . . The bride: A late starter in life, Lucy always swore she''d never get married. But now she has to find a caterer who doesn''t charge a fortune for a cupcake, a dressmaker who doesn''t make her cry and a way to bring Great-Auntie Betty down from Dundee for the sixpence she is willing to spend - isn''t it meant to be HER special day?The groom: Christopher has spent twenty minutes compiling his guest list and checking his suit fits before returning to his newspaper - this wedding business isn''t so hard after all. The mother of the bride: Armed with colour-coded wedding planning folders she is all set. However, twice-daily conversations with her daughter don''t seem to be shortening the ''to-do'' list she''s drawn up.The father of the bride: A wedding? My daughter? Who''s she marrying?The best friend: Gillian has stood by Lucy through thick and thin, but she is refusing to be a bridesmaid and wear a daft dress.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 Selected as a Book of the Year - Observer, Sunday Times, Times, Guardian, i magazine Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other. It will boost his reputation. It will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. Also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?

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Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for forty years.

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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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