Oryx & Crake - Nominiert: IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2005. Nominiert: Orange Prize, 2004
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| Verlag | Little |
| Auflage | 2013 |
| Seiten | 448 |
| Format | 14,7 x 17,6 x 2,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 354 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | MaddAddam 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 0349004064 |
| EAN | 9780349004068 |
| Bestell-Nr | 34900406EA |
Crake und Jimmy sind Freunde, und sie lieben dieselbe Frau: die rätselhafte Oryx. Sie leben in einer ständig von Klimakatastrophen bedrohten Welt in einer gar nicht so fernen Zukunft. Crake, ein Genie genetischer Manipulation, ist Wissenschaftler und arbeitet an der Entwicklung neuer Medikamente, die die Menschen gegen Epidemien im Gefolge der Umweltkatastrophen immunisieren sollen, aber er verfolgt darüber hinaus ganz eigene Pläne.
Klappentext:
By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACE
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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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Praise for Oryx and Crake:
'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' -INDEPENDENT
'Gripping and remarkably imagined' -LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
Rezension:
The writing is spare. The structure is tight. The observation of the human condition is both profound and impish. Character is crucial. The issues are huge and we feel the weight of them. Finally, it leaves the reader on a cliff-edge the like of which I have never encountered elsewhere. It was nominated for the Man Booker. I think it should have won Anita Mason Guardian