Margaret Atwood Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Uznávaná a mierne kontroverzná maliarka Elaine Risleyová sa pri príležitosti otvorenia svojej retrospektívnej výstavy vracia do Toronta, kde prežila detstvo a celú mladosť. Spomína na školské časy, keď ako dievča cestovala s rodičmi po Kanade, na lásku, ktorá sa skončila prirýchlo, na narodenie dcéry. No kľúčovou postavou v jej spomienkach je jej rovesníčka Cordelia, ktorá Elaine ako malú šikanovala, no neskôr na strednej škole sa správala, akoby sa nič nestalo. Napriek tomu, že Cordelia sa jej napokon vytratila zo života, Elaine ju stále nemôže dostať z hlavy a vidí ju na každom rohu.

Nepraktický submisívny Nate, jeho manipulatívna manželka Elizabeth a plachá nespoločenská vedkyňa Lesja prežívajú osobnú krízu. Ak sa chcú vymaniť z ubíjajúcej nespokojnosti, musia urobiť závažné rozhodnutia, ktoré zásadne ovplyvnia ich vzťahy aj ďalšie osudy. V brilantnom románe o manželskom mnohouholníku autorka ponúka čitateľom pomerne temný a výsostne neromantický pohľad na medziľudské vzťahy.

WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD, this poignant work serves as crucial evidence of the suffering endured by the Ukrainian people during a criminal attack. Written by a poet who tragically lost her life while conducting research, it stands as a testament to her heroism. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina transitioned from novelist and mother to war crimes researcher, chronicling the stories of remarkable women who joined the resistance. Among these heroines are Evgenia, a lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who documented war crimes, and Yulia, a librarian who uncovered the abduction and murder of a children's author. Amelina meticulously recorded the devastation of schools and cultural centers and gathered testimonies from survivors of atrocities. As she returned to storytelling, she crafted what would become this powerful account. On June 27, 2023, while dining with fellow writers in the Donetsk region, a Russian missile struck the restaurant, inflicting severe injuries on Amelina. She succumbed to her wounds on July 1, leaving behind an extraordinary narrative that captures the horrors of war and the resilience of those who resist. Honest, intimate, and wry, this work is destined to be celebrated as a classic.

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures 'Every writer is at least two beings- the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.' Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents - entomologist father, dietician mother - Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated (on her eighth birthday- 'It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.'), but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned Cat's Eye to divided 1980s Berlin where she began The Handmaid's Tale. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel. As we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is revealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art - and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.

Als Tochter von Wissenschaftler:innen verbrachte Atwood den Großteil ihrer Kindheit in der kanadischen Wildnis – der Start in ein Ausnahme-Leben. Es folgen die Jahre, in denen sie erst Teil der literarischen Bohème und dann zu jener Autorin wurde, deren legendärer »Report der Magd« (geschrieben im Berlin der 1980er Jahre) unsere Welt bis heute prägen. Atwood erzählt, wie es weiterging, lässt uns teilhaben an ihren Freundschaften, am Leben mit ihrem Mann Graeme. Das Ergebnis ist ein farbenfrohes, hochamüsantes Buch voller überlebensgroßer Figuren: Dichter, Bären, Hollywood-Schaupieler ... Ein Einblick in ihr Schreiben, in die Verbindungen zwischen realem Leben und Kunst und in die Funktionsweise eines der kreativsten Köpfe unserer Zeit.

Wofür hat man denn Freundinnen? Eine Geschichte über weibliche Solidarität von der Autorin von Der Report der Magd Ein schwüler Tag in Toronto bei Crackern und reichlich Gin Tonic. Drei reizende alte Damen wissen, dass ihnen nicht viel Zeit bleibt, eine Freundin zu rächen. Deren erfolgreiche Romane wurden von einer neidischen Männer-Clique einst derart verrissen, dass sie unter einer Schreibblockade litt. Die Übeltäter sollen nun alle sterben – aber wie ermordet man den ersten so, dass die anderen ahnen, bald der Nächste zu sein? Dass sie es mit der Angst bekommen, während einer nach dem anderen stirbt? Die Polizei aber ahnungslos bleibt, wer hinter dieser Mordserie steckt? – Margaret Atwood in Hochform!

Margaret Atwood's collection showcases her evolution as a poet over six decades, featuring vital poems that capture the essence of living in a complex world. The work includes a diverse range of characters, from mythological figures to everyday people, each exploring profound themes of life, death, and the human experience. Atwood's unique blend of reality and fantasy invites readers to reflect on their own joys, sorrows, desires, and fears, solidifying her status as a pivotal figure in contemporary literature.

Tzv. společný román čili soubor povídek vymysleli a jako editoři sestavili Margaret Atwood a Douglas Preston. Koncept spočívá ve hře pro celou skupinu autorů přispívajících svým dílem do jednoho daného rámce, a tím je pandemie covidu v New Yorku. Kdo stihl před karanténou odjet z New Yorku na venkov, udělal to. Statisíce lidí však v New Yorku zůstaly, například obyvatelé jednoho notně omšelého činžáku. Skoro nikam se nesmí, ale střecha je pěkně plochá a dá se tam pohodlně posedět. Někdo přinese křeslo, někdo basu piv a lidé se tam začínají scházet, bez mobilů, zato každý se svým příběhem. Soused pozná souseda a hned se pandemie covidu-19 překonává o něco lépe. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours. A dazzling, heartwarming and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days is an ode to the power of storytelling and human connection. Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Jennine Capo Crucet, Pat Cummings, Joseph Cassara, Angie Cruz, 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, Doug Preston, Alice Randall, Caroline 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, DeShawn Charles Winslow, Meg Wolitzer

In collaboration with the Financial Times: powerful, urgent reflections on the value of democracy from eleven women writers and thought-leaders

Houghton Mifflin now proudly publishes Selected Poems II, a volume of selections from Atwood's poetry of the last ten years. Underlying oppression and injustice, we hear the music of compassion and fellowship.

A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen 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' Stylist 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, fifteen 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.

Scharfsinnig, witzig und hochaktuell: Antworten auf die »brennenden Fragen« unserer Zeit In dieser lustigen, gelehrten, unendlich neugierigen und gespenstisch weitsichtigen Essaysammlung fragte die Kultur-Ikone Margaret Atwood: - Warum erzählen Menschen aller Kulturen überall Geschichten? - Wieviel kann man von sich presigeben, ohne zu verschwinden? - Wie können wir auf unserem Planeten leben? - Stimmt das? Und ist das gerecht? - Was haben Zombies mit Autoritarismus zu tun? In über fünfzig Texten richtet Atwood ihren erstaunlichen Intellekt und frechen Humor wie einen Scheinwerfer auf unsere Welt und berichtet uns dann, was sie dabei entdeckt. Die Achterbahn-Zeitspanne, in der diese Essays entstanden bescherten uns das Ende des Endes der Geschichte, eine Finanzkrise, den Aufstieg Donald Trumps und eine Pandemie. Ob zu Schulden oder zur Tech-Welt, zur Kilimakrise oder zur Freiheit, von der Frage, wann man der jüngeren Generation seine Weisheit überhelfen soll (nur wenn man gefragt wird) zur Frage was Granola eigentlich ist - es gibt niemand der bessere Fragen stellt zu den zahllosen so unterschiedlichen Fragen unseres menschlichen Universums. »Brilliant und witzig« Joan Didion »Sie nimmt sich unsere Zeiten vor und macht uns klüger dafür .« Ali Smith »In der gesamten lesenden Welt werden die Geschichtsbücher auf der nächsten leeren Seite aufgeschlagen und obendrüber steht Atwoods Name.« Anne Enright, ›Guardian‹

Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig They explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords. They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes after. The glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate. '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

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as- Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer- only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.

»Lasst uns alle hoffen.« - Die Gedichte eines Lebens Mit »Dearly« veröffentlicht Margaret Atwood nach zehn Jahren erstmals wieder einen Lyrikband. Es geht darin um all das, womit sie sich, berühmtermaßen, auseinandersetzt: ob hinreißend genaue Naturbeschreibungen oder witzige Begegnungen mit Außerirdischen, ob drängende politische Fragen oder Mythen und Legenden. Klug, dabei oft verspielt sprechen die Gedichte von Abwesenheit, Altern und Rückschau, aber auch von Neubeginn und Glück. »Dearly« ist Atwood pur, voller Einsichten, Empathie und Humor. »Lyrik handelt vom Kern der menschlichen Existenz: Leben, Tode, Erneuerung, Wandel; in aller Fairness und Unfairness, in aller Ungerechtigkeit und – manchmal – Gerechtigkeit.« Margaret Atwood Ins Deutsche übertragen von Büchner-Preisträger Jan Wagner

Erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung - Margaret Atwoods fundierte, hochamüsante Literaturgeschichte Kanadas 1972 erschien »Survival« erstmals und sorgte für Stürme der Begeisterung wie der Empörung. Seitdem wird es gelesen, gelehrt, immer wieder aufgelegt - und nun, fast 50 Jahre danach, endlich auch ins Deutsche übersetzt. Margaret Atwood fragt darin: Womit hat unsere Literatur sich im Wesentlichen beschäftigt? Ihre provokante Antwort erläutert sie in zwölf geistreichen, leidenschaftlichen Kapiteln. Als eine der Ersten betont sie die Bedeutung der Geschichten der First Nations, liest die kanadischen »Klassiker« neu und formte so die Eigenwahrnehmung ihrer Landsleute. Für die Neuausgaben je um ein Vorwort ergänzt, gilt Margaret Atwoods visionärer Wurf nach wie vor als das wohl interessanteste und prägendste Buch über die kanadische Literatur.

Die Drei drolligen Dramen kitzeln die Lachmuskeln. Sie führen in die Welt der aufregenden Abenteuer und der Alliteration, der gleichen Anfangslaute. Die drei Geschichten für kleine und große Kinder ab 7 Jahren wollen laut vorgelesen oder selbst laut gelesen werden. Rüpel Ramsay und die randalierenden Radieschen Ramsay nimmt vor seiner raubeinigen Restfamilie – Ron, Rollo und Ruby – Reißaus. Bedauernswerter Bob und Düstere Dorinda Von Baby Bob und der düsteren Dorinda, deren dünnlicher Dad und dickliche Mum bei einem Dammbruch in Dschibuti verloren gegangen sind … Die wandernde Wanda und Witwe Wischwaschs Wunder-Wäscherei Die wandernde Wanda wird in einen Weidenkorb gezwängt und landet mit drei weiteren Waisen in der Wunder-Waschküche von Witwe Wischwasch …

Nach dem Lyrik-Sammelband Die Füchsin soll dieses Buch Margaret Atwoods Erzählungen ins rechte Licht rücken. Ohne Zweifel sind ihre Stories ein wesentlicher Teil ihres Werks, ihr Sinn für knappe Pointen und ironische Zuspitzungen machen sie zu einer Meisterin der kurzen Form. Dies ist der Versuch, einen großen Bogen über Margaret Atwoods diesbezügliches Schaffen zu spannen. Eine exklusiv für diese Sammlung geschriebene Geschichte und ein knappes Dutzend noch nie auf Deutsch erschienener Stories verleihen diesem Projekt zusätzliche Bedeutung.

La presenza di un gatto in famiglia non è importante solo per il benefico influsso di un pezzetto di natura selvaggia (o quasi) in casa, per contrastare lo stress o far crescere i bambini in modo più equilibrato. Questo libro mostra i benefici del gatto su autostima e self-control, sullo sviluppo della creatività, dell'attenzione all'ambiente e agli altri "umani", e addirittura sull'accettazione delle gerarchie famigliari. Il volume contiene un contributo di Igor Sibaldi sul "gatto-maestro" dal punto di vista dell'antropologia e della teologia.

Margaret Atwoods Gedichte bieten einen tiefen Einblick in ihr Leben und ihre Persönlichkeit. Diese zweisprachige Auswahl umfasst Werke aus über zwanzig Lyrikbänden und zeigt die leidenschaftliche Kanadierin, Feministin und Umwelt-Aktivistin sowie ihre Rolle als Reisende, Naturliebhaberin, Mutter und Geliebte.

A box set of Margaret Atwood's bestselling companioned novels, The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.In The Handmaid's Tale, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War and the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's Commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. In The Testaments, set more than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, The Republic of Gilead maintains its repressive grip on power, but it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women come together, with potentially explosive results. This beautifully designed slipcase will make the perfect holiday and perennial gift.

"By 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. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment. Dearly is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour."--Publisher's website

The stunning graphic novel adaptation • A must-read and collector’s item for fans of “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid’s Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renée Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.

Margaret Atwood spricht mit dem Journalisten Caspar Shaller über ihre Gedichte und Romane, über Totalitarismus und die Post-Truth-Ära, über Feminismus, die #MeToo-Debatte und über Beyoncé. Die unfreiwillige Prophetin der ökologischen Katastrophe und des wiedererstarkenden Faschismus erzählt auch davon, wie die rot-weißen Roben der Figuren aus ihrem dystopischen Roman Der Report der Magd zu einem Meme der Anti-Trump-Bewegung wurden und wie sie selbst sich heute politisch engagiert. Hellwach, kämpferisch und
mit tiefer Menschenkenntnis beweist Atwood, dass sie auch mit achtzig Jahren nichts
an intellektueller Brillanz und politischem Gespür eingebüßt hat – ebenso wenig wie an Humor.

En esta brillante secuela de The Handmaid's Tale, la aclamada autora Margaret Atwood responde las preguntas que han cautivado a los lectores durante décadas. Subo y penetro en la oscuridad del interior; o luz Cuando las puertas de la furgoneta se cerraron de golpe después de Offred al final de The Maid's Tale, los lectores no tenían forma de saber cuál sería su futuro: libertad, prisión o muerte. Con la publicación de Los Testamentos, la espera ha terminado. Margaret Atwood recupera la historia quince años después de que Offred entró en lo desconocido, con los asombrosos testimonios de tres narradores del mundo de Gilead. Estimados lectores y lectores, sus preguntas sobre Gilead y su funcionamiento interno han sido la fuente de inspiración para este libro. Bueno, casi todo! El otro es el mundo en el que vivimos. Margaret Atwood La crítica ha dicho ... El evento literario del año. El guardián

Binnen de grenzen van de voormalige Verenigde Staten heeft een christelijke beweging de macht gegrepen. In deze nieuwe Republiek Gilead dient eenieder naar de letter van het Oude Testament te leven. Vanfred, de vertelster, behoort tot de nieuwe klasse der ‘Dienstmaagden’, die slechts één doel heeft: zich voort te planten. Alleen ’s nachts in haar sobere kamer is ze vrij om zich over te geven aan haar illegale herinneringen: het lezen van boeken, haar eigen naam, het nu irrelevant geworden begrip ‘liefde’. In een sobere stijl, die afwisselend koele observatie, ontroering, wanhoop, hartstocht en wrange humor reflecteert, legt Vanfred het zwarte hart bloot dat schuilgaat achter de kalme façade van een reactionair establishment. Een regime dat bepaalde stemmingen in onze maatschappij tot een even logische als huiveringwekkende conclusie doordrijft: is dat een futuristisch schrikbeeld, of de ware nabije toekomst van Amerika? Het verhaal van de Dienstmaagd verscheen in 2017 als een tiendelige tv-serie, met in de hoofdrollen Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley en Joseph Fiennes. De serie werd lovend ontvangen en won vijf Emmy’s. In 2018 wordt het tweede seizoen uitgezonden.

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…

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world of the dead.There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.

Una niña en la América profunda escapa de un padre maltratador. Un chico en Nigeria filma a una mujer que está siendo atacada en un supermercado. La hija de un criminal del este de Londres ve cómo su madre es asesinada. Una senadora en Nueva Inglaterra se esfuerza por proteger a su hija. Cuatro personajes que sufren las tensiones construidas a través de siglos de desequilibrio y amenaza están dispuestos a llegar lejos en su determinación por establecer un nuevo orden mundial. Cuatro chicas que descubren que poseen un poder: el de la electricidad. Con un simple movimiento de sus manos, pueden infligir un dolor agonizante e incluso la muerte. Un nuevo poder, extraordinario y devastador, ha llegado y cambiará el mundo para siempre.

It's all-out war in the madcap conclusion to Angel Catbird's superhero saga. The evil Rat army is aiming for world domination, and only a ragtag gang of half-cats stands in their way. Internationally best-selling novelist and animal lover Margaret Atwood pens a conclusion to the dramatic, hilarious, and heartwarming trilogy.

Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend; think Byron and Shelley, Fitzgerald and Hemingway. But the world’s best-loved female authors are usually mythologized as solitary eccentrics or isolated geniuses. Coauthors and real-life friends Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney prove this wrong, thanks to their discovery of a wealth of surprising collaborations: the friendship between Jane Austen and one of the family servants, playwright Anne Sharp; the daring feminist author Mary Taylor, who shaped the work of Charlotte Brontë; the transatlantic friendship of the seemingly aloof George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe; and Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield, most often portrayed as bitter foes, but who, in fact, enjoyed a complex friendship fired by an underlying erotic charge. Through letters and diaries that have never been published before, A Secret Sisterhood resurrects these forgotten stories of female friendships. They were sometimes scandalous and volatile, sometimes supportive and inspiring, but always—until now—tantalizingly consigned to the shadows.

The cat-centric adventure continues, in the all-ages follow-up to best-selling novelist Margaret Atwood's debut graphic novel. Genetic engineer Strig Feleedus, also known as Angel Catbird, and his band of half-cats head to Castle Catula to seek allies as the war between cats and rats escalates. Margaret Atwood, the respected, worldwide best-selling novelist, and acclaimed artist Johnnie Christmas continue their action-packed adventure!

Lauded novelist Margaret Atwood and acclaimed artist Johnnie Christmas collaborate on one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events of the year.On a dark night, young genetic engineer Strig Feleedus is accidentally mutated by his own experiment and merges with the DNA of a cat and an owl. What follows is a humorous, action-driven, pulp-inspired superhero adventure - with a lot of cat puns.

The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (Marvel's A-Force), Noelle Stevenson (Nimona), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), and over fifty more creators. It's a compilation of tales told from both sides of the tables: from the fans who love video games, comics, and sci-fi to those that work behind the scenes: creators and industry insiders.

Treacherously toppled from his post as director of the Makeshiweg Festival on the eve of his production of The Tempest, Felix retreats to a backwoods hovel to lick his wounds and mourn his lost daughter. And also to plot his revenge. After twelve years his chance appears in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will stage his Tempest at last, and snare the traitors who destroyed him. But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall ?

What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, the author examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse!

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias 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 desperate state. So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience - a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs and a home of their own - they sign up immediately. All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month, swapping their home for a prison cell. At first, all is well. But slowly, unknown to the other, Stan and Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts, the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison. Soon the pressures of conformity, mistrust, guilt and sexual desire take over, and Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.

Vol. 1: Oryx and Crake: At once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey - with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake - through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining

Al final de Nueve cuentos malvados, Margaret Atwood advierte que el término «cuento» puede alejar una narración breve del realismo social, acercándola al ámbito de los relatos populares y de hadas. En esta colección, Atwood explora nueve historias donde vampiros, seres poseídos y fantasmas se entrelazan con situaciones cotidianas. Una escritora de literatura fantástica, recientemente viuda, enfrenta una tormentosa noche guiada por la voz de su difunto esposo. Una anciana con el síndrome de Charles Bonnet imagina criaturas liliputienses, mientras un grupo populista asalta una residencia de ancianos. Una mujer con malformación congénita es confundida con un vampiro, y un estromatolito de mil novecientos millones de años busca venganza por un antiguo delito. A través de estos relatos, Atwood presenta las facetas más grotescas y malvadas del ser humano, utilizando su característico humor oscuro para reflexionar sobre la vejez y la muerte. Estos cuentos son tanto estremecedores como divertidos, y confirman a la autora canadiense como una aguda observadora de nuestros instintos más oscuros. Su mirada cáustica y humana se convierte en un faro que ilumina en tiempos de incertidumbre.

In this final volume of the internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy, the Waterless Flood has wiped out most of the population. Toby is part of a small band of survivors, along with the Children of Crake: the gentle, bioengineered quasi-human species who will inherit this new earth. As Toby explains their origins to the curious Crakers, her tales coheres into a luminous oral history that sets down humanity's past--and points toward its future. Blending action, humor, romance, and an imagination at once dazzlingly inventive and grounded in a recognizable world, MaddAddam is vintage Atwood--a moving and dramatic conclusion to her epic work of speculative fiction.

Margaret Atwood's fascinating account of her lifelong relationship with science and speculative fiction.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense—a masterful novel of "political intrigue and philosophy, romance and noir" (Vogue) and the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism from the Nobel Prize winner. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek’s ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist. A lost gift returns with ecstatic suddenness. A theatrical evening climaxes in a massacre. And finding god may be the prelude to losing everything else.

En France, peu de gens savent que la grande romancière canadienne Margaret Atwood écrit de la poésie. Mieux encore, que cette poésie constitue le terreau dans lequel s’enracine son œuvre romanesque. Dans Le Journal de Susanna Moodie, Margaret Atwood relate la vie d’une pionnière venue d’Angleterre au XIXème siècle. Susanna Moodie n’est pas un personnage de fiction, mais une figure emblématique de la nation et de la littérature canadiennes. Étrangère sans ressources, elle découvre la misère, la solitude, la vie sauvage dans les forêts du grand Nord, aux confins du rêve et de la folie. Si nous publions aujourd’hui ce recueil en France, c’est qu’il aborde des questions qui nous taraudent : la fragilité de la vie, l’identité nationale, la condition de l’immigrant.

In Atwood's poems, Helen of Troy appears as a tabletop dancer and Miss July muses on life as a cheesecake queen. There are also poems dealing with love, with memory, and the fragility of the natural world. An elegiac series on the death of a parent completes this collection.

Margaret Atwood untersucht in sechzehn Erzählungen die Beziehungen zwischen Mann und Frau in verschiedenen Alltagssituationen. Mit feinsinnigem Gespür und Humor spiegelt sie die moderne Gesellschaft wider.

From the highly acclaimed novelist, comes a new collection of poetry. She is 'the quiet Mata Hari' of poetry - Michael Ondaatje

Set in the near future, Attwood's dark, thoughtful and at times funny novel finds two women who have survived a cataclysmic environmental disaster - a young trapeze artist locked in a sex club and a 'God's Gardener' hiding in a luxury spa - and both must find their way out.

Collected here, the Massey Lectures from legendary novelist Margaret Atwood investigate the highly topical subject of debt. She doesn’t talk about high finance or managing money; instead, she goes far deeper to explore debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies. By looking at how debt has informed our thinking from preliterate times to the present day, from the stories we tell of revenge and sin to the way we order social relationships, Atwood argues that the idea of what we owe may well be built into the human imagination as one of its most dynamic metaphors. Her final lecture addresses the notion of a debt to nature and the need to find new ways of interacting with the natural world before it is too late.

Ein persönliches Werk von Margaret Atwood, das einen geistreichen und bitterbösen Streifzug durch die Abgründe der menschlichen Seele bietet. Es behandelt Themen wie Mord, Vampiren und die Vorlieben von Männern und zeigt die Autorin von einer ganz anderen Seite.

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. Un mundo feliz es un clásico de la literatura del siglo XX, una sombría metáfora sobre el futuro. La novela describe un mundo en el que finalmente se han cumplido los peores vaticinios: triunfan los dioses del consumo y la comodidad y el orbe se organiza en diez zonas en apariencia seguras y estables. Sin embargo, este mundo ha sacrificado valores humanos esenciales, y sus habitantes son procreados in vitro a imagen y semejanza de una cadena de montaje.

Margaret Atwood’s latest brilliant collection of short stories follows the life of a single character, seen as a girl growing up the 1930s, a young woman in the 50s and 60s, and, in the present day, half of a couple, no longer young, reflecting on the new state of the world. Each story focuses on the ways relationships transform a character’s life: a woman’s complex love for a married man, the grief upon the death of parents and the joy with the birth of children, the realization of what growing old with someone you love really means. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, earthy, shocking, and deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwood’s celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. (less)

A new collection of dazzling short fiction from Margaret Atwood

Finalist for the 2006 BC Book Prize - Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, this stunning coffee-table book highlights the Yukon's Three Rivers watershed, a vast and vital wilderness area emerging as a global environmental concern. As part of the boreal forest—covering nearly 11 percent of the Earth's surface—this ecosystem plays a crucial role in sustaining life on our planet. However, it faces threats from the renewed Mackenzie Valley pipeline proposal, the Alaska Pipeline, and increasing energy and mineral exploration. Conservationists worldwide are mobilizing to protect this last refuge of natural values. The book showcases one of the most strategically important undisturbed regions left, an oceanic wilderness rich in wildlife, including grizzly bears, wolves, caribou, and peregrine falcons. Featuring breathtaking photography and writings from notable figures like Courtney Milne, Margaret Atwood, and John Ralston Saul, this volume offers an unforgettable glimpse into a natural wonderland that many may find hard to believe still exists. It is a treasure for those who appreciate exceptional photography, fine writing, and the beauty of unspoiled nature, making it essential for anyone concerned about the future of our remarkable planet.

Remis à jour chaque année, de notre mieux... Plein d'adresses souvent introuvables ailleurs. Des conseils inédits et plutôt intéressants. De bons tuyaux testés sur le terrain. Plus de 80 enquêteurs-fureteurs qui parcourent le monde. Des plans avec toutes nos adresses positionnées.

First chapters from forthcoming books and unpublished stories or poems from: Margaret Atwood ; Maeve Binchy ; Tracy Chevalier ; Harlan Coben ; Paulo Coelho ; J.M. Coetzee ; Nicholas Evans ; Mark Haddon ; Nick Hornby ; Marian Keyes ; Stephen King ; Alexander McCall Smith ; Ian McEwan ; Vikram Seth ; Joanna Trollope ; Scott Turow.

Rotznase Ramsay lebte in einer heruntergekommenen Rostlaube mit einem stinkenden Rübenkeller und Reetdach. Eine Rampe mit Zinnen bildete den Rand seines Reiches.

Autores de todo el mundo rinden homenaje al “Quijote”. Las reflexiones de grandes intelectuales internacionales sobre el mítico caballero andante.

Collected essays and journalism from the bestselling author of The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake. First publication.

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making.In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan War after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumors, to maintain the kingdom of Ithaca, bring up her wayward son, and keep over a hundred suitors at bay, simultaneously. When Odysseus finally comes home after enduring hardships, overcoming monsters, and sleeping with goddesses, he kills her suitors and—curiously—twelve of her maids.In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged maids, asking: "What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?" In Atwood's dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. With wit and verve, drawing on the story-telling and poetic talent for which she herself is renowned, she gives Penelope new life and reality—and sets out to provide an answer to an ancient mystery.

Una conmovedora historia sobre el último habitante del planeta en un inquietante mundo postapocalíptico. Primera parte de la Trilogía de MaddAddam, presenta a Hombre de las Nieves, quien llora la pérdida de su mejor amigo Crake y de la bella Oryx, mientras lucha por sobrevivir en soledad. Antes conocido como Jimmy, se enfrenta a un mundo devastado por desastres naturales y una plaga que ha diezmado a la humanidad. A merced de los elementos y acosado por recuerdos, su única compañía son los Hijos de Crake, seres que lo ven como un profeta. Hombre de las Nieves se cuestiona cómo todo ha cambiado tan rápidamente y emprende un viaje hacia su pasado y hacia la burbuja de alta tecnología creada por Crake, donde todo comenzó. La narrativa nos sumerge en una visión del futuro que es a la vez inquietante y familiar, explorando las consecuencias de la ingeniería genética descontrolada y la pérdida de la humanidad. A través de su travesía, se entrelazan temas de amor, pérdida y la búsqueda de identidad en un mundo transformado.

Een jonge Canadese vrouw trekt samen met een vriend en een echtpaar de wildernis in om haar verdwenen vader te zoeken.

A collection of poems selected by poets as those that first inspired them includes timeless favorites and insightful essays by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners including Roethke, Pinsky, and Heaney.

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.

Inselträume - bk1059; Heyne Verlag; Verschiedene AutorenInnen; pocket_book; 1998

Diese Geschichte über die Abenteuer zweier Kinder, die in einem Baum leben, ist typisch Atwood – verspielt, skurril und ironisch. Die perfekte Integration von Worten und Bildern schafft ein stimmiges und erfreuliches Ganzes.

Een 32-jarige vrouw vertelt aan haar psychiater hoe ze 16 jaar eerder, in 1843, in Canada tot levenslang is veroordeeld voor medeplichtigheid aan de moord op haar werkgever en diens huishoudster.

Margaret Atwood's Power Politics first appeared in 1971, startling its audience with its vital dance of woman and man. Thirty years later it still startles, and is just as iconoclastic as ever. These poems occupy all at once the intimate, the political, and the mythic. Here Atwood makes us realize that we may think our own personal dichotomies are unique, but really they are multiple and universal. Clear, direct, wry, unrelenting —Atwood's poetic powers are honed to perfection in this important early work.

Die kanadische Autorin präsentiert nach langer Pause eine neue Gedichtsammlung, die sich mit historischen und mythologischen Themen, der Liebe sowie Meditationen über den Tod des Vaters beschäftigt.

Features pregnant women, students and journalists; farmers and birdwatchers, ex-wives, adolescent lovers - and dancing girls. All ordinary people or are they? This collection of short stories maps human motivation we scarcely know we have.