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The 'riotous, insanely readable' new novel from the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE


The 'riotous, insanely readable' (Observer) retelling of The Tempest from the 2019 Booker Prize-winning author of THE TESTAMENTS.

'Riotous, insanely readable and just the best fun...'Observer

Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other. It will boost his reputation. It will heal emotional wounds.

Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. Also brewing revenge.

After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017**
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Riotous, insanely readable and just the best fun... The novel builds to a fantastic climax of dark calamity... There is so much exuberance and heart and wonder in this novel that the only thing I want to happen next is for Atwood to rewrite the whole of Shakespeare. (No offence, Will.) -- Viv Groskop ― Observer

A triumph... The book illuminates the breadth and depth of the whole play. The troupe's workshops on it fizz with perception as Atwood transmits the pleasurable buzz of exploring a literary masterpiece. There won't be a more glowing tribute to Shakespeare in his 400th anniversary year -- Peter Kemp ― Sunday Times

Atwood reinterprets the play as a heartbreaking novel, told in gorgeous yet economical prose -- Editor's Choice ― New York Times Book Review

Surpassingly brilliant... without question the cleverest "neo-Shakespearean novel" I have ever read... the learning and the critical analysis are worn exceptionally lightly, always subordinated to wit, invention, characterisation and slick twists of plot... wonderfully ingenious -- Jonathan Bate ― The Times

An absolute triumph... ravishing... I am not ashamed to say that I didn't just have a lump in my throat by the end of Hag-Seed, I had tears on the fringed curtains of mine eyes -- Stuart Kelly ― Scotland on Sunday

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The 'riotous, insanely readable' new novel from the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0099594021
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET (14 August 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780099594024
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099594024
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.9 x 2 x 20.2 cm
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Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, went back into the bestseller charts with the election of Donald Trump, when the Handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the 2017 release of the award-winning Channel 4 TV series. ‘Her sequel, The Testaments, was published in 2019. It was an instant international bestseller and won the Booker Prize.’

Atwood has won numerous awards including the Booker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

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Sharne
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible retelling of the Tempest
Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2019
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I wouldn’t have read this if it was not a uni book but I am so glad I have! Atwood has turned a Shakespeare classic into an amazing and engaging contemporary novel, which for me was a lot more enjoyable than the original. Great work Margaret!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great conciet executed in an engaging and entgralking way
Reviewed in Australia on 21 October 2017
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Really enjoyed this book . Fantastic interpretation of The Tempest. Main character was immediately unlikable but impossible to take your attention away from.
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Jean Holden
5.0 out of 5 stars Deliiously satisfying tale of revenge in a Shakespearean setting.
Reviewed in Australia on 14 February 2018
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Not what you might expect from an author whose stories are frequently set in a dystopian future .A completely satisfying and imaginative tale of revenge by a an unjustly treated theatrical director.'
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Sunniva Andersen
3.0 out of 5 stars Love Margaret Atwood, but this aint it
Reviewed in Australia on 7 June 2019
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Love the writing and storytelling, but not the plot/storyline itself.. Just a personal opinion, it drags for too long and is kinda disengaging. Did read the whole thing none the less and like, I dont regret it but would not read it one more time.
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Sarah
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely
Reviewed in Australia on 1 May 2019
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Lovely enjoyable read
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Anne Whight
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous! Couldn’t put it down.
Reviewed in Australia on 2 July 2019
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A story of revenge. A lonely aging theatre producer and a bunch of prisoners make for an unusual modern retelling of The Tempest. A gentle story that rolls along, yet I couldn’t put it down. Fascinating characters.
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Susan Daly
5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Tempest
Reviewed in Australia on 4 September 2022
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Haven’t seen The Tempest, but now I want to thanks to Margaret Atwood.
As usual, she’s amazing. Read it.
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Antony Beggs
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring plot
Reviewed in Australia on 16 April 2024
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Just boring and unimaginable
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witchword
5.0 out of 5 stars Große Literatur
Reviewed in Germany on 4 April 2023
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und dabei spannend und unterhaltsam, Margaret Atwood at one of her many bests
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Lizzie
5.0 out of 5 stars a consciousness raising experience.
Reviewed in Spain on 5 August 2022
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I couldn’t put this novel down! Atwood writes beautifully and students will understand Shakespeare’s play because it is a rewriting in our own day and age. Far, far better than Spark notes!
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claudia Plante
5.0 out of 5 stars Original, profond et drôle
Reviewed in France on 4 November 2019
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Un vrai régal! Très original et tout à fait insolite comme sujet et traitement. C'est profond, fin et plein d'humour, il y a des passages hilarants. Je l'ai lu en anglais, j'espère que le roman ne perd rien avec la traduction.
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Alysson Oliveira
5.0 out of 5 stars Trovoadas de cinismo e relâmpagos de humor
Reviewed in Brazil on 11 July 2017
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Se em sua obra a canadense Margaret Atwood tem escrito sobre diversos tipos de aprisionamentos – físicos, emocionais, legais, mundanos... – em HAG-SEED ela leva seus personagens e a trama para dentro do sistema penitenciário. O romance é uma adaptação contemporânea da peça A Tempestade, de Shakespeare, e protagonizado por um diretor de teatro que trabalha com um grupo de detentos.

O livro faz parte de um projeto chamado Hogarth Shakespeare series que reconta a obra do bardo sob a perspectiva contemporânea – escritores como Howard Jacobson e Anne Tyler também participam do projeto. Aqui, Atwood retrabalha os elementos fantásticos do texto original com ironia e cinismo num mundo contemporâneo tingido por tons de Orange is the new black e A malvada.

O cenário é uma penitenciária masculina, e o protagonista Felix, um diretor de um festival de teatro canadense que foi demitido – por intervenção de seu rival – quando faria sua obra-prima: uma adaptação ousada e extravagante de A Tempestade. Seria o grande momento de sua carreira – repleta de altos e baixos – e ajudaria a superar a morte de sua filha, Miranda.

Felix é o Próspero do romance, e deverá esperar mais de uma década para sua própria vingança, quando consegue emprego como tutor de teatro, num projeto social, dentro de uma prisão. É finalmente a chance de montar a *sua* versão da peça shakespeariana.

O ambiente inóspito e os “atores” servem como o ponto de partida para um comentário sobre os liberais (não no sentido econômico, mas no sentido “americano”, social, político, cultural) do presente na figura de Felix. Repleto de boas intenções – e outras um tanto egoístas – quer levar a arte (e sua vingança também) aos presos. Na sua versão original de A Tempestade, Ariel seria feito por uma travesti e Caliban, caracterizado como um mendigo, negro ou nativo americano, paraplégico que se arrastaria pelo palco num skate gigante.

Cinismo é uma força nas obras de Atwood e aqui se materializa em diversos momentos – especialmente na figura de Felix, um tremendo personagem – odiável em vários momentos, mas também a quem se nutre certa simpatia em outros tantos. O resultado é um romance ácido, divertido, em alguns momentos, e sempre sagaz, ou seja, Vintage Atwood.
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S B Akshobhya
5.0 out of 5 stars A natural choice for retelling Shakespeare
Reviewed in India on 20 August 2019
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Atwood is one of the best novel-in-a-novel writer. She especially shines here in her narration of the Shakespeare classic The Tempest. The modernity is the need of the day , if not the hour. The core strength of this novel is that the brilliance of Atwood shines through both the narration of original tempest, and also through her own setup. The father-daughter duo is so elegantly expressed, and more especially in Atwood's modern setup, though the daughter has long demised.

If not a must read for the Shakespearean's followers, it is a must read for the Atwood fans.
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