Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood is a prolific Canadian author born in 1939.
She has written over 35 books across various genres, including poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Atwood is best known for her novels, particularly The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin, which won the Booker Prize.
Her work often explores feminist themes and dystopian futures.
Atwood has received numerous awards and honorary degrees throughout her career.
Her books have been translated into over 40 languages.
She is also an inventor and environmental activist.
Atwood currently resides in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson and remains active in literary and social causes.

Böcker av Margaret Atwood

Tjänarinnans berättelse

av Margaret Atwood • 1985

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

4.15

2 000 000+

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

Tjänarinnans berättelse

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

av Margaret Atwood 1985 311 sidor

4.15

2 000 000+ betyg

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

Testamenten

av Margaret Atwood • 2019

Aunt Lydia pens a secret testimony; two sisters must smuggle it out of Gilead.

4.20

400 000+

✊ Feminist Dystopia ⚔️ Resistance Movement 📜 Secret Manuscript 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 😈 Antiheroine Narrator

Testamenten

Aunt Lydia pens a secret testimony; two sisters must smuggle it out of Gilead.

av Margaret Atwood 2019 422 sidor

4.20

400 000+ betyg

✊ Feminist Dystopia ⚔️ Resistance Movement 📜 Secret Manuscript 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 😈 Antiheroine Narrator

Oryx och Crake

av Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

200 000+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Oryx och Crake

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

av Margaret Atwood 2003 389 sidor

4.00

200 000+ betyg

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Den blinde mördaren

av Margaret Atwood • 2000

Her sister drove off a bridge. Fifty years later, Iris Chase tells the real story.

3.96

100 000+

🖤 Gothic Family Saga 📖 Story Within A Story 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💍 Manipulative Marriage ✍️ Secret Authorship

Den blinde mördaren

Her sister drove off a bridge. Fifty years later, Iris Chase tells the real story.

av Margaret Atwood 2000 641 sidor

3.96

100 000+ betyg

🖤 Gothic Family Saga 📖 Story Within A Story 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💍 Manipulative Marriage ✍️ Secret Authorship

Syndafloden

av Margaret Atwood • 2009

A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.

4.07

100 000+

🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧬 Biopunk Fiction 🦠 Post-Pandemic Survival 💪 Female Survivalist

Syndafloden

A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.

av Margaret Atwood 2009 431 sidor

4.07

100 000+ betyg

🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧬 Biopunk Fiction 🦠 Post-Pandemic Survival 💪 Female Survivalist

My Evil Mother

av Margaret Atwood • 2022

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

3.86

91 000+

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft 🌿 Eccentric Mother 🧬 Maternal Legacy

My Evil Mother

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

av Margaret Atwood 2022 32 sidor

3.86

91 000+ betyg

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft 🌿 Eccentric Mother 🧬 Maternal Legacy

The Penelopiad

av Margaret Atwood • 2005

Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.

3.71

89 000+

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 👻 Afterlife Narration 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🦊 Female Cunning

The Penelopiad

Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.

av Margaret Atwood 2005 198 sidor

3.71

89 000+ betyg

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 👻 Afterlife Narration 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🦊 Female Cunning

The Heart Goes Last

av Margaret Atwood • 2015

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

3.39

75 000+

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Heart Goes Last

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

av Margaret Atwood 2015 320 sidor

3.39

75 000+ betyg

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

Cat’s Eye

av Margaret Atwood • 1988

A painter's Toronto return forces a reckoning with the girlhood friend who nearly destroyed her.

3.95

73 000+

🎨 Artist Protagonist 👧 Girlhood Cruelty 🖼️ Art As Survival 🕰️ Memory And Trauma 🤔 Psychological Realism

Cat’s Eye

A painter's Toronto return forces a reckoning with the girlhood friend who nearly destroyed her.

av Margaret Atwood 1988 462 sidor

3.95

73 000+ betyg

🎨 Artist Protagonist 👧 Girlhood Cruelty 🖼️ Art As Survival 🕰️ Memory And Trauma 🤔 Psychological Realism

Hag-Seed

av Margaret Atwood • 2016

A grieving director turns a prison Tempest into an elaborate trap for his old enemies.

3.79

41 000+

📖 Shakespeare Retelling 🎭 Play Within A Play 👻 Grief-Haunted Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🤝 Found Family

Hag-Seed

A grieving director turns a prison Tempest into an elaborate trap for his old enemies.

av Margaret Atwood 2016 301 sidor

3.79

41 000+ betyg

📖 Shakespeare Retelling 🎭 Play Within A Play 👻 Grief-Haunted Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🤝 Found Family

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