{"product_id":"oryx-and-crake-margaret-atwood","title":"Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE HANDMAID'S TALE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE FIRST VOLUME IN ATWOOD'S DARKLY WITTY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMADDADDAM\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTRILOGY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Shocking and darkly humorous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA book to galvanise'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Towering and intrepid\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAtwood does Orwell one better'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Both profound and impish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAtwood is one of the most impressively ambitious writers of our time'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOryx and Crake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eINDEPEDENT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJimmy is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human. He lives in a tree, dresses himself in old bedsheets, and now calls himself Snowman. He mourns the loss of his best friend, Crake. And the voice of Oryx, the woman they both loved, teasingly haunts him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore, Snowman had led a privileged life. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Was he himself in any way at fault? Why has he now been left alone with his bizarre memories? And why are the green-eyed, more-than-perfect Children of Crake seemingly his responsibility?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearching for answers, Snowman embarks on a journey through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride - a near future that is outlandish yet all too familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Gripping and remarkably imagined\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eit joins\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the distinguished company of novels [like]\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Time Machine, Brave New World\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e1984\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A powerful vision'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Atwood's dry wit makes dystopia fun'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePEOPLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Gripping and remarkably imagined'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A roll of dry, black, parodic laughter'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collective Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57338930463093,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2491\/9120\/files\/710XTf22IkL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1783084920","url":"https:\/\/shop.collective-edinburgh.art\/products\/oryx-and-crake-margaret-atwood","provider":"Collective Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}