Very readable.” – The New York Times Book Review A cunning and engrossing book by one of the great masters of the form.” – The Buffalo News “Gorgeously written, full of eyeball-smacking images and riveting social and scientific commentary. Atwood is one of the most impressively ambitious writers of our time.” – The Guardian “Dances with energy and sophisticated gallows humor. literary artist par excellence.” – The Denver Post Good, solid, Swiftian science fiction from a.
One of the year’s most surprising novels.” – The Economist a master.” – The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Atwood has concocted here an all-too-possible vision. A feast of realism, science fiction, satire, elegy and then some. “A delightful amalgam for the sophisticated reader: her perfectly placed prose, poetic language and tongue-in-cheek tone are ubiquitous throughout, as if an enchanted nanny is telling one a dark bedtime story of alienation and ruin while lovingly stroking one’s head.” – Ms.
“ stunning new novel–possibly her best since The Handmaid’s Tale.” – Time Out New York What gives the book a deeper resonance is its humanity.” – Newsday Its shrewd pacing neatly balances action and exposition. Oryx and Crake carries itself with a refreshing lightness. Keeps us on the edges of our seats.” - The Washington Post “A book too marvelous to miss.” - The San Diego Union-Tribune Oryx and Crake in the forefront of visionary fiction.” - The Seattle Times summons up echoes of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Aldous Huxley. “Her shuddering post-apocalyptic vision of the world. Brilliant, provocative, sumptuous and downright terrifying.” - The Baltimore Sun “Atwood has long since established herself as one of the best writers in English today, but Oryx and Crake may well be her best work yet. Atwood does Orwell one better.” - The New Yorker
Oryx and Crake (The MaddAddam Trilogy #1)
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