by Margaret Atwood
Men fucking chickens. How…? Why…? [You can thank me for the mental image later. Or better yet, type that sucker into Google and go blind.] You’re voluntarily imprisoned every other month in exchange for jobs, shelter and a full stomach, but you can’t wait 4 weeks for sex? And you’d choose a live c...
So this was a very short novel. I'm almost disappointed with the length, but at the same time I'm shocked and intrigued by the plot. In the beginning I almost thought it was very much like "Handmaid's Tale" but as the story progressed and Stan explains more about the city I thought it was going in a...
This is really chapter one of a longer work and not a short story per se.I've never read any Atwood before and bought this on the strength of her reputation, the concept and the fact that I was looking for something short.It's not bad. I found the tropes of a supposedly ideal society with heavy soci...
I missed Atwood's non-dystopian stories. The reason I love her stories is because it's so human, but this one feels like it just want to shock reader.
...you can't eat your so-called civil liberties, and the human spirit pays no bills....In a future where the safest and most efficient way to protect oneself from the chaos and violence enveloping the world is to create prisons to house the law abiding citizens and cede the rest of the world to the ...
When Nobel nomination season hits, I always raise Atwood’s name; to me, she is one of the most talented female writers working today. With that said, I think that most of her more poetic, political, and engaging novels are rooted firmly in the past: her recent work is a smorgasbord with some hits—li...
Another reason to love Kindle singles.Atwood's stories centers around a couple in a dystopian future where prisoners and non-prisioners exchange roles at the end of every month. It's not just our house; it's a house you share with an alternate.Atwood's short work is good read that will make you thi...
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