Longlisted For the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
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Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other. It will boost his reputation. It will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead,after an act of unforeseen treachery,Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel,haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter,Miranda. Also brewing revenge. After twelve years,revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here,Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall'The only thing I want to happen next is for Atwood to rewrite the whole of Shakespeare.'- The ObserverThe Hogarth Shakespeare Seriessees Shakespeare's works retold by acclaimed and bestselling novelists of today. Other titles in the series are:The Gap of Time,Shylock is My Name,Vinegar Girl,Hag Seed,New BoyandDunbarby Edward St. Aubyn (due in October 2017).
Widely regarded as one of the world's leading writers,Margaret Atwoodis an author,essayist,poet and activist whose inventive and diverse literary output ranges widely and deeply from feminist classics such asThe Handmaid's TaleandThe Edible Womanto complex blends of science fiction and magic realism such as her Booker Prize winning novelThe Blind Assassinand chilling dystopian visions including herOryx and Crakesequence.Read more
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099594024Number of pages: 320Weight: 223 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
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'Riotous,insanely readable and just the best fun... The novel builds to a fantastic climax of dark calamity... There is so much exuberance and heart and wonder in this novel that the only thing I want to happen next is for Atwood to rewrite the whole of Shakespeare. (No offence,Will.)'- Viv Groskop,The Observer
'A triumph... The book illuminates the breadth and depth of the whole play. The troupe's workshops on it fizz with perception as Atwood transmits the pleasurable buzz of exploring a literary masterpiece. There won't be a more glowing tribute to Shakespeare in his 400th anniversary year'- Peter Kemp,The Sunday Times
'Atwood reinterprets the play as a heartbreaking novel,told in gorgeous yet economical prose'- Editor's Choice,The New York Times Book Review
'Surpassingly brilliant... without question the cleverest "neo-Shakespearean novel" I have ever read... the learning and the critical analysis are worn exceptionally lightly,always subordinated to wit,invention,characterisation and slick twists of plot... wonderfully ingenious'- Jonathan Bate,The Times
'An absolute triumph... ravishing... I am not ashamed to say that I didn't just have a lump in my throat by the end of Hag-Seed,I had tears on the fringed curtains of mine eyes'- Stuart Kelly,Scotland on Sunday
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Widely regarded as one of the world's leading writers,Margaret Atwood is an author,essayist,poet and activist whose inventive and diverse literary output ranges widely and deeply from feminist classics such as The Handmaid's Taleto complex blends of Science Fiction and reality such as her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Blind Assassin and chilling dystopian visions like Oryx and Crake.
Visit the Margaret Atwood author page
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