Oryx and Crake (McClelland & Stewart, 2003) by Margaret Atwood
Susan Farrell recommended Atwood's classic dystopian tale with the following comments:
"Who else creates something so readable that stays in our head for so long after we have closed the book? How close are we to the world Margaret Atwood paints? As we chip away at the morality and conscience of our world, and become desensitized to the depravity and violence which results from that, we set ourselves on a course that cannot be stopped. This warning about the eroding of the soul of our culture and our humanity — our arts — promises a bleak future if we fail to heed it. I love this book because it is smart, scary and so timely."
Accolades: Oryx and Crake was shortlisted for a slew of prestigious awards, including the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award.
Not quite sure what I thought of this book. There were some interesting ideas of what our future may hold if we continue on our path of overuse, but it wasn't a book that I was dying to get back to, like some of the others. I have read a few other Margaret Atwood novels. This was not my favourite of hers.
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