Margaret Atwood: 113 books

MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2000 PREMIO ASTURIE 2008 «Dieci giorni dopo la fine della guerra mia sorella Laura volò giù da un ponte con un’automobile». Sono queste le prime inquietanti parole con cui Iris decide di iniziare il racconto delle tormentate vicende di famiglia. Fin dall’inizio tuttavia il...

In Chocky, pioneering science-fiction master John Wyndham confronts an enigma as strange as anything found in his classic works The Day of the Triffids or The Chrysalids—the mind of a child. It’s not terribly unusual for a boy to have an imaginary friend, but Matthew’s parents have to...

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Handmaid’s Tale—now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu original series—and Alias Grace, now a Netflix original series. Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in...

The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists are liable to live in a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and...

Callaghan's writing is wide ranging but often takes on the perspective of a marginalized individual's view of the human experience. These tales are told in a variety of voices: street hustlers, priests, blues singers, Holocaust survivors, cross-dressers, paramilitary snipers, even those we may euphemistically...

Eighty-five stories by one of Canada's greatest writers are collected in this four-volume anthology. Several pieces of Morley Callaghan's short fiction are collected here for the first time, while some which have been out of print for decades are now made available. Each volume contains a section...

Ich schreibe, also bin ich Schriftstellerin: Wenn es so einfach wäre, gäbe es die Geschichten in dieser Sammlung nicht. Ist Dichten das große Glück, ein großer Kraftakt - oder beides? Wie entstehen Ideen, aus welchen Situationen und Begegnungen schöpfen Autorinnen ihre Inspiration? Wie finden...

While visiting her grandparents' farm, city girl Anna decides she wants a pet. A cow? A snake? Anna realizes that these creatures won't be happy in the city, and she doesn't want a pet unless it's happy. Grandma and Grandpa have just the right thing for Anna. Short chapters and easy-to-read text make this story perfect for beginning readers.

L'Offred viu a la República de Galaad, un règim totalitari i teocràtic basat en el control del cos femení per part del govern. En un futur no gaire llunyà assolat per una natalitat en declivi, les dones fèrtils com ella només tenen una missió a la vida: garantir la descendència de l'elit...

Ma si può avere una fantasia di stupro? Quattro colleghe giocano a carte durante la pausa pranzo e conversano sull'ossessione delle riviste rosa per un certo tipo di fantasie, quelle che prevedono l'irrompere in casa di uno sconosciuto fascinoso ma violento. Mentre le due bionde, una receptionist...

Es ist das Jahr der "wasserlosen" Flut: Eine tödliche Pandemie ist über die Menschheit hereingebrochen. Hoch über den Dächern der Stadt leben die wenigen Überlebenden, die Gottesgärtner, bei denen die robuste Toby und die zarte Prostituierte Ren Zuflucht gefunden haben. In ihrem biologisch bepflanzten...

Binnen de grenzen van de voormalige Verenigde Staten heeft een christelijke beweging de macht gegrepen. In deze nieuwe Republiek Gilead dient eenieder naar de letter van het Oude Testament te leven. Vanfred, de vertelster, behoort tot de nieuwe klasse der 'Dienstmaagden', die slechts één doel heeft:...

“Bunları kim yaptı? İçlerinde kimler yaşadı? Kim yıktı? Tac Mahal, Louvre, piramitler, Empire State Binası...”   Sağ kalan son insan Kar Adamı’nın ayakta kalabilmek için mücadele ederken bir yandan da yok olan insanlığa yaktığı ağıttır Antilop ve Flurya. Dünyada...

Crake und Jimmy sind Freunde, und sie lieben dieselbe Frau: die rätselhafte Oryx. Sie leben in einer von Klimakatastrophen bedrohten Welt in einer gar nicht so fernen Zukunft. Crake, ein Genie genetischer Manipulation, ist Wissenschaftler und arbeitet an der Entwicklung neuer Medikamente, die die...