- Title:
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Oryx and Crake
- Series:
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MaddAddam #1
- Written by:
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Margaret Atwood
- Read by:
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John Chancer
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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12 hours 23 minutes
- Published:
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July 01 2014
- Available Date:
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July 01 2014
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486224227
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Science Fiction; Science Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Shortlisted The Man Booker Prize 2003
Shortlisted The Giller Prize 2003
Shortlisted Orange Prize for Fiction 2004
'Her shuddering post-apocalyptic vision of the world ... summons up echoes of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Aldous Huxley ... Oryx and Crake [is] in the forefront of visionary fiction.'
The Seattle Times
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved.
In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey – with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake – through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride.
Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
'Atwood has long since established herself as one of the best writers in English today, but Oryx and Crake may well be her best work yet ... Brilliant, provocative, sumptuous and downright terrifying.'
The Baltimore Sun
'Rigorous in its chilling insights and riveting in its fast-paced "what if" dramatisation, Atwood's superb novel is as brilliantly provocative as it is profoundly engaging.'
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