Margaret Atwood

Maailmankirjallisuuden kiintotähden kertomuskokoelma huokuu ovelaa valovoimaa ja hiljaista tuskaa. Teoksessa on viisitoista tarinaa: Joukko vanhoja oppineita naisia istuu lasillisella ja kinastelee kuudenkymmenen vuoden takaisista suhdekiemuroista. Tytär koettaa selvittää, onko hänen äitinsä tosiaan noita. Seksuaalisuutta käsittelevässä satiirissa Gileadin maailma kääntyy ylösalaisin. Vastaan tulevat myös George Orwell, tieteilijä Hypatia Aleksandrialainen sekä rakkaita kissoja. Kokoelman sydämessä on seitsemän kertomusta ikääntyvästä avioparista, jonka rakkaus kantaa läpi vuosikymmenten. Lopulta jäljellä on enää toinen, jonka on hapuiltava tiensä hämärtyvässä illassa.

"Chetyrnadtsat dnej" - unikalnyj roman v novellakh, sozdannyj 36 avtorami pod redaktsiej takikh priznannykh masterov, kak Margaret Etvud i Duglas Preston, i pri podderzhke Gildii pisatelej SSHA. Kniga nazvana sobytiem v mire literatury - eto svoego roda golovolomka, napominajuschaja velikij roman-eksperiment Zhorzha Pereka "Zhizn, sposob upotreblenija". V chisle uchastnikov grandioznogo proekta, pomimo uzhe nazvannykh, - tseloe sozvezdie blestjaschikh imen: Tess Gerritsen, Dzhon Grischem, Dejv Eggers, Selesta Ing, Emma Donokhju i dr. Nashestvie virusa v 2020 godu posejalo ne menshuju paniku, chem v Srednie veka. Byli te, kto, podobno gerojam "Dekamerona", bezhal iz bolshikh gorodov, a komu-to bezhat bylo nekuda i prishlos samoizolirovatsja v chetyrekh stenakh. Napugannye lokdaunom zhiltsy nju-jorkskoj mnogoetazhki po nocham vybirajutsja na kryshu, chtoby rasskazyvat i slushat istorii. Kto-to vspominaet o ledenjaschem kontakte s prizrakom, kto-to vdokhnovenno chitaet stikhi Mariny Tsvetaevoj, a vot etot sosed tolkuet o tom, kak nauchit vrazhdujuschikh krolikov uzhivatsja drug s drugom... Na improvizirovannye sobranija prikhodit vse bolshe narodu, ne podozrevaja o tom, chto kazhdaja istorija tajno zapisyvaetsja odnim iz prisutstvujuschikh i soprovozhdaetsja kommentariem. Chem zakonchatsja vse eti razgovory?.. Vpervye na russkom!

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood--a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes--Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961-2023 assembles Atwood's most vital poems in one essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful, and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voice 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. Atwood, in her 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.

Femten helt nye historier fra en av verdens største forfattere. I «Ryper i solnedgang» gir Atwood oss en gruppe gamle akademikervenninner som drikker drinker på formiddagen og krangler om hvem som faktisk lå med hvem for seksti år siden, en historie om seksualitet og forplantning i forlengelsen av Gilead-universet, og en datter som lurer på om moren er en heks. Her er også elskede katter, en forvirret snegle, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, filosof-matematiker-astronom Hypatia av Alexandria og et romvesen som har fått jobben med å gjenfortelle menneskenes eventyr. I hjertet av samlingen, fortellingen om et ektepar som reiser langt og bredt sammen, om øyeblikkene, de små og store, som til sammen utgjør et langt liv i kjærlighet - og om det som kommer etterpå.«For nokre ryper! Tilbake­blikk og dystopiar i vilter leik: Margaret Atwood turnerer nostalgi og science fiction med herleg snert.» Marta Norheim, NRK«I disse fortellingene er det mange solen er i ferd med å gå ned for. Likevel er det først og fremst livets fylde Atwood - på dempet, men krystallklart vis - skriver frem (...) Inger Gjelsvik har gjort en strålende jobb med oversettelsen, og hun grublet sikkert litt på hva den norske tittelen skulle bli. «Ryper i solnedgang». Det dreier seg ikke om fugler, nei, i tilfelle noen skulle lure - men om «old babes», som det heter i originalen. Kaja Schjerven Mollerin, Klassekampen«Ryper i solnedgang er en forholdsvis forsonende samling historier. (...) på sitt beste kjennes Ryper i solnedgang som å komme hjem til en klok, eldre dame som kan fortelle at verden er ille, ja, men den er da også virkelig vakker.» Ida Vågsether, Morgenbladet

El libro de cabecera de una nueva generaci n. El libro en que se basa la serie de Hulu. Ampar ndose en la coartada del terrorismo, unos pol ticos te cratas se hacen con el poder y, como primera medida, suprimen la libertad de prensa y los derechos de las mujeres. Esta trama, inquietante y oscura, que bien podr a encontrarse en cualquier obra actual, pertenece en realidad a esta novela escrita por Margaret Atwood a principios de los ochenta, en la que la afamada autora canadiense anticip con llamativa premonici n una amenaza latente en el mundo de hoy. En la Rep blica de Gilead, el cuerpo de Defred s lo sirve para procrear, tal como imponen las f rreas normas establecidas por la dictadura puritana que domina el pa s. Si Defred se rebela -o si, aceptando colaborar a rega adientes, no es capaz de concebir- le espera la muerte en ejecuci n p blica o el destierro a unas Colonias en las que sucumbir a la poluci n de los residuos t xicos. As , el r gimen controla con mano de hierro hasta los m s nfimos detalles de la vida de las mujeres: su alimentaci n, su indumentaria, incluso su actividad sexual. Pero nadie, ni siquiera un gobierno desp tico parapetado tras el supuesto mandato de un dios todopoderoso, puede gobernar el pensamiento de una persona. Y mucho menos su deseo. Los peligros inherentes a mezclar religi n y pol tica; el empe o de todo poder absoluto en someter a las mujeres como paso conducente a sojuzgar a toda la poblaci n; la fuerza incontenible del deseo como elemento transgresor: son tan s lo una muestra de los temas que aborda este relato desgarrador, aderezado con el sutil sarcasmo que constituye la se a de identidad de Margaret Atwood. Una escritora universal que, con el paso del tiempo, no deja de asombrarnos con la lucidez de sus ideas y la potencia de su prosa. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The book that inspired the adapted series on Hulu. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER- An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. 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.

Laboris toodetud haigustekitajast alguse saanud surmatõbi on üle Maa käinud, ent väike rühm inimesi on ellu jäänud koos rohesilmsete ruikaritega, biotehnoloogia abil loodud leebe liigiga, kes peaksid asuma inimeste asemele. Kunagine Jumala Aednike liige ning seente ja mesilaste tundja Toby armastab ikka veel tänavatarka Zebi, kellel on huvipakkuv minevik. Ruikarite tõrges prohvet Lumemees-Jimmy sonib, Amanda on pärast värvisõdalaste rünnakut shokis ja Vandelnokk ihaldab väljakutsuvat Välerebast, kes ripsutab tiiba Zebiga. Samal ajal ähvardavad rünnata hiiglasuured sigaamid ja pahatahtlikud värvisõdalased. Margaret Atwoodi vaimukas, perutava kujutlusvõime ja musta huumoriga pikitud ettearvamatu, põnev ja puhuti naljakas "MaddAddam" viib meid triloogia kahest esimesest osast - "Orüksist ja Ruigast" ja "Uputuse aastast" - tuttavasse düstoopsesse maailma ning annab loole liigutava ja dramaatilise lõpplahenduse. Kanada tuntumaid, tõlgitumaid ja tunnustatumaid kirjanikke Margaret Atwood (snd 1939) on rohkem kui 40 raamatu autor, kahekordne Bookeri preemia laureaat (2000 ja 2019) ning ka Eestis mitme tõlkega esindatud. "MaddAddam" on tema neljateistkümnes romaan ja samanimelise triloogia viimane osa.

A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel.'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' GuardianOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.'Fiercely political, yet witting and wise...this novel seems ever more vital in the present day' ObserverVintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

The new collection from the legendary Atwood is led by the story of 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 My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don’t say, ‘My heart is broken.’ We say, ‘Are there any cookies?’In this dazzling collection of stories we meet beloved cats, George Orwell, a daughter whose mother may or may not be a witch, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. And we meet and re-meet Nell and Tig, a long-married couple, and see the moments big and small that make up a life of love – and what comes after.'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

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.

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants--some of whom have barely spoken to each other--become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn't escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger. Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Cassara, Jennine Cap Crucet, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, 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, Douglas Preston, Alice 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, Caroline Randall Williams, De'Shawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants--some of whom have barely spoken to each other--become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn't escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger. Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Cassara, Jennine Cap Crucet, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, 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, Douglas Preston, Alice 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, Caroline Randall Williams, De'Shawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer

Tärkeä klassikko jälleen saatavanaMargaret Atwoodin Orjattaresi on vavahduttava dystopia lähitulevaisuuden Yhdysvalloista, jossa vanhatestamentilliset fundamentalistit ovat ottaneet vallan. Yli 30 vuotta ensijulkaisunsa jälkeen romaanin teemat vapaudesta ja naisten oikeuksista ovat nyt ajankohtaisempia kuin koskaan. Kirjaan perustuva televisiosarja on maailmanlaajuinen arvostelumenestys. Yhdysvalloista on tullut Gilead. Hedelmälliset naiset on alistettu nimettömiksi synnytyskoneiksi, yksikään nainen ei saa lukea eikä kirjoittaa, kaikkea valvotaan. Mutta vähitellen kapinan siemenet itävät kaikkien kastien naisissa. Margaret Atwood on kanadalainen kirjailija, joka on pitkän uransa aikana kirjoittanut yli 40 teosta ja saanut useita merkittäviä kirjallisuuspalkintoja.

Posle sverzhenija pravitelstva bylo obrazovano novoe gosudarstvo - Respublika Galaad. Vsja vlast prinadlezhit voennym, kotorye ustanovili zhestokie porjadki. Iskusstvo, teatr i muzyka strogo zaprescheny. Zhenschiny lisheny absoljutno vsekh prav, dazhe vozmozhnosti chitat i pisat. Iz-za tekhnogennoj katastrofy lish nekotorye zhenschiny sposobny k vosproizvedeniju potomstva. Ikh nazyvajut sluzhankami, oni vynashivajut i rozhajut detej dlja svoikh khozjaev. Fredova - odna iz takikh sluzhanok. Kogda-to u nee bylo nastojaschee imja, no teper ono zaprescheno. Slovno sokrovische ona khranit eto imja i vospominanija o prezhnej zhizni. I tochno znaet, chto kogda-nibud smozhet vse vernut.

“Farley and Claire is a love story, a biography, a Tale of Two Farleys, or perhaps three: the public one, the private one, and the secret one.”—Margaret AtwoodThe tumultuous, enduring love story between iconic writer Farley Mowat and his wife Claire, including excerpts from their passionate letters, published here for the first time. When Farley Mowat met Claire Wheeler in August 1960, the attraction was immediate, and within days they were lovers, despite the fact that Farley was already married. Their affair—partly aided and abetted by publisher Jack McClelland—included an extended correspondence until several years later, when Farley finally obtained a Mexican divorce and the two were married in Texas. They were together until Farley’s death 54 years later. Claire, a brilliant diarist, has given author Michael Harris complete access to her journals and letters, as well as Farley’s letters, and Harris has conducted extensive interviews with her and original research. The result is a literary love story for the ages, complete with photos of the couple who defied conventions of their time to be together. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. The Handmaid's Tale is an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times)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." Atwood takes many trends which exist today and stretches them to their logical and chilling conclusions . . . An excellent novel about the directions our lives are taking . . . Read it while it's still allowed." -Houston Chronicle

Femton helt nya historier från en av världens främsta författare. I Gammal kärlek ger Atwood oss en samling gamla akademiker som dricker drinkar på förmiddagen och bråkar om vem som egentligen låg med vem för sextio år sedan. Här finns också en historia om sexualitet och fortplantning som en fortsättning på Gilead-världen och en dotter som försöker ta reda på om hennes mamma är en häxaVi möter älskade katter, en förvirrad snigel, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, matematikern och filosofen Hypatia från Alexandria och en utomjording med sagoberättandets gåva. I hjärtat av samlingen följer vi ett äldre gift par på deras väg genom livet, de små och stora händelser som utgör ett långt kärleksliv - och vad som kommer efteråt.