Vyše osemdesiatročná Iris Chaseová, protagonistka tohto rozsiahleho a pozoruhodného románu, spomína na svoj pohnutý život, najmä na tragickú smrť svojej mladšej sestry Laury. Jej rozprávanie obsiahne takmer celé 20.
Joan Fosterová je ženou najmenej s dvoma identitami a prehnanou predstavivosťou. V detstve mala problémy s nadváhou a zložitý vzťah s matkou, zato veľmi dobre vychádzala s otcovou sestrou Lou. Pred skončením strednej školy utiekla z domu, udržiavala milenecký pomer so starším mužom, potom sa zaľúbila do bipolárneho Arthura, za ktorého sa neskôr aj vydala.
Dejiny sa neopakujú, ale rýmujú. Keď v roku 1985 Margaret Atwood vydala román Príbeh služobníčky, kniha vzbudila zaslúžený ohlas, ktorý neutíchol viac-menej dodnes. Aj jeho pokračovanie Svedectvá vzbudilo veľký záujem čitateľov aj kritikov - autorka zaň dostala Bookerovu cenu.
Kanadská spisovateľka Margaret Atwood v historickom románe Volali ma Grace spracovala prípad vraždy Thomasa Kinneara a jeho gazdinej Nancy Montgomeryovej, ku ktorej došlo v roku 1843 v Hornej Kanade. Zo zločinu obvinili a na trest smrti odsúdili dvoch služobníkov obetí: Grace Marksovú a Jamesa McDermotta. Neskôr však Grace udelili milosť a trest jej zmenili na doživotie.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Margaret Atwood je kanadská spisovateľka, poetka, feministická a politická aktivistka. Je nositeľkou viacerých prestížnych literárnych ocenení vrátane Bookerovej ceny. Román Príbeh služobníčky potvrdzuje jej povesť veľkej prozaičky. Vo svojej tvorbe sa už viackrát vcítila do zložitej psychiky modernej ženy, no tentoraz sa obracia do budúcnosti.
In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. And in that, there is hope. Selected from The Handmaid's Tale and Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood. VINTAGE MINIS:
The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poetBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present.
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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 Gileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-
The 'riotous, insanely readable' (Observer) retelling of The Tempest from the 2019 Booker Prize-winning author of THE TESTAMENTS. 'Riotous, insanely readable and just the best fun...'Observer Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the M
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 no
Penelope's slyly brilliant side of the story, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid's Tale
'A source of uncompromising elemental warmth' Ali SmithBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present.
Grace Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic and social collapse. Living in their car, surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar, they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs and in a rather de
From the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Handmaid's TaleA provocative blend of literary mystery, psychological thriller, and spiritual journey,Surfacingis the story of an artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec.
On the occasion of VINTAGE's 30th anniversary rediscover the ten bestselling Vintage Classics of all time in beautiful new editions... 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.
The wait is over And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her - freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over.
