Gazelle and Rattlesnake
E-book, Czech
Gazelle and Rattlesnake
A love story and a warning about the end of civilisation
Oryx and Crake is not only a story of a great and devastating love, but also a captivating and cautionary vision of the future. The main character, Snowman, alias Jimmy as he was known before the plague that wiped out all of humanity, is fighting for survival in a world where he may be the last human being alive, mourning the loss of his best friend Crake and their shared love, the beautiful and elusive Oryx. His only companions are Crake's green-eyed children, the results of his visionary friend's genetic experiment. In an attempt to come to terms with the past, Snowman retraces his steps to a place where a modern, magnificent city recently stood, and where the wilderness is rapidly returning after the end of civilisation. The picture of the not-too-distant future that Margaret Atwood paints in the novel is not only disturbing in its oppressive probability, but also cautionary…
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939. She has deservedly received numerous literary awards for her work, including the Franz Kafka Prize, and is considered the most important Canadian writer of our time. She has published more than thirty-five books, the most famous of which is probably The Handmaid's Tale (Argo 2017), which was made into a film and a successful television series. Her other most notable novels include The Edible Woman, The Blind Assassin, Surfacing, and Cat's Eye, which was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1988.
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