From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments--in the gated community of Consilience, residents who sign a contract will get a job and a lovely house for six months of the year...if they serve as inmates in the Positron prison system for the alternate months. "Captivating...thrilling." --The New York Times Book Review Stan and Charmaine, a young urban couple, have been hit by job loss and bankruptcy in the midst of nationwide economic collapse. Forced to live in their third-hand Honda, where they are vulnerable to roving gangs, they think the gated community of Consilience may be the answer to their prayers. At first, this seems worth it: they will have a roof over their heads and food on the table. But when a series of troubling events unfolds, Positron begins to look less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled. The Heart Goes Last is a vivid, urgent vision of development and decay, freedom and surveillance, struggle and hope--and the timeless workings of the human heart.
Sobre o autor(a)
Atwood, Margaret
Nasceu em Ottawa, Canadá, em 1939. Graduou-se em Artes pela Universidade de Toronto e foi professora de Literatura Inglesa.
Já escreveu mais de 40 obras de diversos gêneros, incluindo ficção, poesia e ensaios críticos.
Publicada em mais de 35 países, Atwood é vencedora dos principais prêmios da literatura mundial, incluindo o Booker Prize, Arthur C. Clarke e Nebula Award.
Tem obras adaptadas para as telas como o romance Vulgo Grace (Alias Grace) e O conto da aia (The Handmaid’s Tale) foi adaptado para as telas pelo serviço de streaming Hulu, com 5 Emmy Awards e 2 Globos de Ouro, e é trazido para o Brasil pelo Paramount Channel. |