Margaret Atwood

"There are many women like Belén whose names we don’t know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman’s fight for justice."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Foreword by Margaret AtwoodThe heartbreaking true story of an Argentinian woman imprisoned for having a miscarriage—an injustice that galvanized a feminist movement and became a global rallying cry in the fight for reproductive rights. In 2014, Belén, a twenty-five-year-old woman living in rural Argentina, went to the hospital for a stomachache—and soon found herself in prison. While at the hospital she had a miscarriage—without knowing she was pregnant. Because of the nation’s repressive laws surrounding abortion and reproductive rights, the doctors were forced to report her to the authorities. Despite her protestations, Belén was convicted and sentenced to two years for homicide. Belén’s imprisonment is a glaring example of how women’s health care has become increasingly criminalized, putting the most vulnerable—BIPOC, rural, and low-income—women at greater risk of prosecution. Belén’s cause became the centerpiece of a movement to achieve greater protections for all women. After two failed attempts to clear her name, Belén met feminist lawyer Soledad Deza, who quickly rallied Amnesty International and ignited an international feminist movement around #niunamas—not one more—symbolized by thousands of demonstrators around the globe donning white masks, the same kind of mask Belén wore when leaving prison. The #niunamas movement was instrumental in pressuring Argentine president Alberto Fernández to decriminalize abortion in 2021. In this gripping and personal account of the case and its impact on local law, Ana Correa, one of Argentina’s leading journalists and activists, makes clear that what happened to Belén could happen to any woman—and that we all have the power to raise our collective voices and demand change. Translated by Julia Sanches

How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story? Immerse yourself in the creative universe of Margaret Atwood for a riot of life, art – and everything in betweenEvery writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writesRaised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become Cat’s Eye to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began The Handmaid’s Tale. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel. As she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art – and the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations.

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 the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote 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.

NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHORAFTERWORD BY PHILIP PULLMANNow that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making . . . So I'll spin my own thread. Penelope. Immortalised in legend and Greek myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return from the Trojan war. Now, in Atwood's feminist retelling of the myth, Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.

Con esta impresionante adaptaci n gr fica del cl sico contempor neo de Margaret Atwood, llevada a cabo con suma belleza por la artista Renee Nault, el aterrador universo de Gilead cobra vida como nunca hasta ahora. Defred es Criada en Gilead, una rep blica donde a las mujeres se les proh be trabajar, leer y entablar amistades. Sirve en el hogar del Comandante y su Esposa, y en el nuevo orden social tiene un nico cometido: una vez al mes, tumbarse boca arriba y rezar para que el Comandante la deje embarazada, porque, en una poca en que apenas nacen ni os, Defred y las dem s Criadas valen en la medida en que son capaces de engendrar. Pero Defred recuerda los a os previos a la instauraci n de Gilead, cuando ella era una mujer independiente con un empleo, una familia y un nombre propio. Ahora, sus recuerdos y su voluntad de supervivencia se consideran actos de rebeli n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon. One of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time in display-worthy hardcover: A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution--from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times) Now a Hulu Original Series The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.

Primera novedad de ficci n de Atwood desde Los testamentos. Quince relatos profundamente personales e impregnados de una gran humanidad que nos iluminan con la perspicacia, el ingenio, la audacia y el humor que caracterizan a la emblem tica autora de El cuento de la criada. Incluyen una asombrosa secuencia de siete cuentos que sigue a una pareja casada mientras recorren juntos el camino, los momentos grandes y peque os que conforman una larga vida de amor... y lo que viene despu s. Encontramos a dos hermanas que evocan el pasado, pero tambi n a gatos, un caracol perdido, a Martha Gellhorn, a George Orwell, a la fil sofa y astr noma Hipatia de Alejandr a, a una c bala de viejos acad micos, a un extraterrestre y a una hija que intenta comprender si su madre es realmente una bruja. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together "If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You've been missing out." --The New York Times Book Review, Rebecca Makkai, best-selling author of The Great Believers Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; "Impatient Griselda" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and "My Evil Mother" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after. Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.

»Jag har sällan läst något så moget om ett pågående krig. Att läsa Amelinas bok känns som en blixt som lyser upp ditt hjärta.« Sofi Oksanen Viktoria Amelina var en ung, framstående författare, aktiv på landets litterära scen och mamma till en tioårig pojke när Rysslands fullskaliga invasion av Ukraina den 24 februari 2022 ställde allt på ända. Snabbt sadlade hon om till utredare av krigsförbrytelser. Hon reste runt i nyligen befriade områden, fotograferade ruinerna av skolor och kulturcenter och spelade in de överlevandes vittnesmål. Samtidigt började idén till en bok ta form: en samling reportage om ukrainska kvinnor som dokumenterar krigsbrott. Den 27 juni 2023 stannade hon till i Kramatorsk för att äta middag på en pizzeria i den hårt drabbade Donetskregionen, när en rysk kryssningsmissil slog ned. Amelina skadades allvarligt och avled fyra dagar senare, bara 37 år gammal. Hon lämnade efter sig en enastående skildring av krigets vardag och motståndets pris. Viktoria Amelina (1986-2023) Ukrainsk författare, poet och krigsbrottsutredare, känd för sina prisbelönta romaner och essäer om krig, mänskliga rättigheter och det ukrainska samhället. Amelina började sin karriär som IT-specialist innan hon övergick till att skriva böcker och snabbt etablerade sig som en av den moderna ukrainska litteraturens viktigaste röster.

Elav klassik Margaret Atwood on üks maailma leidlikumaid ja läbinägelikumaid autoreid. Käesolev kogumik koosneb viieteistkümnest erakordsest loost, mis mõtestavad olemise mitmekülgset kangast ning kõnelevad meie ainulaadsest ajast Atwoodile omase tabavuse, huumori ja elutarkusega. Autor naudib erinevaid zhanre ja kirjanduslikke trikke, kuhjab sõnamänge, luuletab, pöördub taas oma leivanumbri ulme poole ning intervjueerib isegi üht oma suurt iidolit George Orwelli. Peamiselt teeb ta aga juttu inimeseks olemisest. Päris algusest kuni täiesti lõpuni. Kollektsiooni raamistavad seitse lugu, mis räägivad ühe abielupaari, Nelli ja Tigi loo läbi aastakümnete. Väikestest ja suurtest hetkedest, millest koosneb üks pikk kooselu, ja sellest, mis saab pärast. Kümme aastat pärast eelmise lühijuttude kogumiku "Stone Mattress" ilmumist pöördub Atwood tagasi lühiproosa juurde, näidates nendes vaheldumisi rõõmustavates, valgustavates ja salamisi muserdavateski lugudes oma vaimustavat loomingulisust ja inimlikkust. Kanada tuntumaid, tõlgitumaid ja tunnustatumaid kirjanikke Margaret Atwood (snd 1939) on rohkem kui 50 raamatu autor, kahekordne Bookeri preemia laureaat (2000 ja 2019) ning ka Eestis mitme tõlkega esindatud.

El libro que inspir la secuela de la pr xima adaptaci n de la serie El cuento de la criada en Hulu. BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES * RECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW Y EN SU PODCAST READ WITH JENNA En esta brillante secuela de El cuento de la criada, la aclamada autora Margaret Atwood responde a las preguntas que han cautivado a los lectores durante d cadas. Novela ganadora del Man Booker Prize 2019 Subo y penetro en la oscuridad del interior; o en la luz. Cuando las puertas de la furgoneta se cerraron de golpe tras Offred al final de El cuento de la criada, los lectores no ten an forma de saber cu l iba a ser su futuro: la libertad, la prisi n o la muerte. Con la publicaci n de Los testamentos, la espera ha terminado. Margaret Atwood recupera la historia quince a os despu s de que Offred se adentrara en lo desconocido, con los testimonios asombrosos de tres narradoras del mundo de Gilead. «Queridos lectores y lectoras: vuestras preguntas sobre Gilead y su funcionamiento interno han sido la fuente de inspiraci n de este libro. Bueno, casi todo La otra es el mundo en el que vivimos. - Margaret Atwood ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The book that inspired the sequel to the upcoming series adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - RECOMMENDED ON THE 'READ WITH JENNA' PODCAST- WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

Adam En, lederen av sekten Guds Gartnere, har lenge varslet en naturkatastrofe som kommer til å endre alt liv på jorden. Nå har den store katastrofen inntruffet, og nesten alt menneskelig liv er utryddet. Ren, en ung nattklubbdanser, og Toby, som tidligere har vært medlem av Guds Gartnere, er blant de få som overlever i en verden der ingenting - ikke engang dyrelivet - er til å stole på. Ren og Toby legger ut på hver sin ensomme vandring på leting etter andre som kan ha overlevd. Flommens år er andre bind i Margaret Atwoods MaddAddamtrilogi.«En fascinerende og vakker skrekkvisjon.» SILJE STAVRUM NOREVIK, DAGBLADET«Viser at Atwood er en Nobelpris verdig.» ELLE«En eksepsjonell roman.» URSULA K. L E GUIN, THE GUARDIAN

Det har gått flere måneder siden den store katastrofen herjet, og en liten gruppe overlevende forbereder seg til den siste, avgjørende kampen. Med MaddAddam avslutter Margaret Atwood sin fremtidsvisjon som begynte med Oryx og Crake og fortsatte med Flommens år. Det er en uhyggelig, skremmende og gripende fortelling, full av svart humor. Handlingen foregår i en verden der multinasjonale selskaper har tilrevet seg all makt, der bioteknologiske nyvinninger har kommet ut av kontroll og dyrearter har mutert og fått menneskelige egenskaper og der de fleste menneskene nå er utryddet.«Fabelaktig fremtidsvisjon.» ANNE CATHRINE STRAUME, NRK«Uforutsigbar, skremmende og virkelig morsom. (...) Et skarpt speilbilde av en mulig fremtid.» THE BOOKSELLER«Atwood styrer sin utspekulerte, uhyggelige, innovative og spekulative trilogi mot en dyster, gripende og treffende konklusjon. Den glitrende finalen er en genial, advarende fortelling om hybris, mot, visdom, kjærlighet og overlevelsesvilje.» BOOKLIST

Oryx og Crake er første bok i Margaret Atwoods besettende fremtidsvisjon MaddAddam-trilogien, som også består av Flommens år og MadAddam. Romanen ble kåret til en av de beste bøkene i vår tid av både BBC og The Guardian. Snømann, som en gang het Jimmy, er tilsynelatende den eneste overlevende etter en miljøkatastrofe som har etterlatt jorden full av vrakgods og ødelagte landskaper. Han er omgitt av crakerne, en gruppe vakre, grønnøyde og genspleisede menneskelignende vesener, skapt av hans tidligere bestevenn Crake. Som vitenskapsmann lot Crake bioteknologien løpe løpsk, og i jakten på profitt ble forsøkene på å forbedre naturenstadig mer oppfinnsomme - helt til naturen slo tilbake.«En fest av en roman. (...) Handlingen drives fremover med et imponerende språklig og fantasirikt overskudd.» SIGMUND JENSEN, STAVANGER AFTENBLAD«Ruvende og fryktløs.» LORRIE MOORE, THE NEW YORKER«En av det 21. århundrets beste bøker.» THE GUARDIAN

I denne samling af livskloge essays, taler og tekster forsøger Margaret Atwood at svare på Brændende spørgsmål som:Hvorfor har mennesker igennem alle tider, i alle kulturer og alle steder fortalt hinanden historier? Hvor meget kan man give af sig selv, før man forsvinder? Hvordan kan vi leve sammen på denne planet? Er det sandt? Og er det retfærdigt? Hvad har zombier med autoritære principper at gøre? I mere end halvtreds tekster, sigter Margaret Atwood sit fænomenale intellekt og sin drillende humor mod resten af verden og rapporterer, hvad hun finder undervejs. Det er en tur gennem historien, som bl.a. dækker økonomisk krise, Trumps vej til toppen, en pandemi. Fra gæld til tech, fra klimakrise til frihed, fra hvornår man tilbyder gode råd til unge mennesker (svaret er: kun hvis man bliver spurgt) til, hvordan man definerer mysli. Bogen er en guldgrube af svar på de mange forskelligartede mysterier i vores store univers.

*A Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year 2024*An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood – a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes – Paper Boat assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters – mythological figures, animals and everyday people – all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. ‘How can one live with such a heart?’ Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader, and ferrying us through life, death and whatever comes next. Walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy as only she can, Atwood’s journey through poetry illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears. Spanning six decades of work – from her earliest beginnings to brand new poems – this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.‘We should regard Atwood as a poet first and foremost – just one who happens to be a highly regarded novelist’ Sunday Herald

"There are many women like Belén whose names we don’t know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman’s fight for justice."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Foreword by Margaret AtwoodThe heartbreaking true story of an Argentinian woman imprisoned for having a miscarriage—an injustice that galvanized a feminist movement and became a global rallying cry in the fight for reproductive rights. In 2014, Belén, a twenty-five-year-old woman living in rural Argentina, went to the hospital for a stomachache—and soon found herself in prison. While at the hospital she had a miscarriage—without knowing she was pregnant. Because of the nation’s repressive laws surrounding abortion and reproductive rights, the doctors were forced to report her to the authorities. Despite her protestations, Belén was convicted and sentenced to two years for homicide. Belén’s imprisonment is a glaring example of how women’s health care has become increasingly criminalized, putting the most vulnerable—BIPOC, rural, and low-income—women at greater risk of prosecution. Belén’s cause became the centerpiece of a movement to achieve greater protections for all women. After two failed attempts to clear her name, Belén met feminist lawyer Soledad Deza, who quickly rallied Amnesty International and ignited an international feminist movement around #niunamas—not one more—symbolized by thousands of demonstrators around the globe donning white masks, the same kind of mask Belén wore when leaving prison. The #niunamas movement was instrumental in pressuring Argentine president Alberto Fernández to decriminalize abortion in 2021. In this gripping and personal account of the case and its impact on local law, Ana Correa, one of Argentina’s leading journalists and activists, makes clear that what happened to Belén could happen to any woman—and that we all have the power to raise our collective voices and demand change. Translated by Julia Sanches