An electrifying slice of feminist speculative fiction which imagines a world dominated by female power, Alderman's disturbing dystopian satire holds up a mirror to our own world.
'She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and lets go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his throat. She'd put her hand on his heart and stopped him dead.'
Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed, and we look at the world in an entirely new light.
What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241547953
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 245 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
Electrifying - Margaret Atwood
A big, brash, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller - Guardian
A fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way. Ingenious . . . deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man) - The Times
Violent, visceral and thought provoking, this book has left me with many thoughts and feelings, some of which have quite surprised me. An incredibly powerful book, which at times is extremely uncomfortable to read,... More
A really interesting roller coaster of a read, that throws open so many questions about power and gender. The plot and the characters were clearly really well thought out and the tension just sucked me in and dragged... More
It's been two nights since I finished The Power and I'm still in shock. What a book.
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