Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. 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 …
Oriks i korostelʹ
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This book might be part of the Mastera sovremennoĭ prozy series.
Margaret Atwood: Oriks i korostelʹ (Russian language, 2004, Eksmo)
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. 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.
382 pages
Russian language
Published April 4, 2004 by Eksmo.
Subjects
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Genetic engineering -- Fiction.
- Male friendship -- Fiction.
- New York (State) -- Fiction.
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