Heart Goes Last
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| Item#: | 9780771009136 |
| Author | Atwood, Margaret |
| Cover | Paperback |
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale
Imagining a world where citizens take turns as prisoners and jailers, the prophetic Margaret Atwood delivers a hilarious yet harrowing tale about liberty, power, and the irrepressibility of the human appetite.
Several years after the world's brutal economic collapse, Stan and Charmaine, a married couple struggling to stay afloat, hear about the Positron Project in the town of Consilience, an experiment in cooperative living that appears to be the answer to their problems—to living in their car, to the lousy jobs, to the vandalism and the gangs, to their piled-up debt. There's just one drawback: once inside Consilience, you don't get out.
After weighing their limited options, Stan and Charmaine sign up, and soon they find themselves involved in the town's strategy for economic stability: a pervasive prison system, whereby each citizen lives a double life, as a prisoner one month, and a guard or town functionary the next. At first, Stan and Charmaine enjoy their newfound prosperity. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who shares her civilian house, her actions set off an unexpected chain of events that leave Stan running for his life. Brilliant, dark, and provocative, The Heart Goes Last is a compelling futuristic vision that will drive readers to the edge of their seats.
Imagining a world where citizens take turns as prisoners and jailers, the prophetic Margaret Atwood delivers a hilarious yet harrowing tale about liberty, power, and the irrepressibility of the human appetite.
Several years after the world's brutal economic collapse, Stan and Charmaine, a married couple struggling to stay afloat, hear about the Positron Project in the town of Consilience, an experiment in cooperative living that appears to be the answer to their problems—to living in their car, to the lousy jobs, to the vandalism and the gangs, to their piled-up debt. There's just one drawback: once inside Consilience, you don't get out.
After weighing their limited options, Stan and Charmaine sign up, and soon they find themselves involved in the town's strategy for economic stability: a pervasive prison system, whereby each citizen lives a double life, as a prisoner one month, and a guard or town functionary the next. At first, Stan and Charmaine enjoy their newfound prosperity. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who shares her civilian house, her actions set off an unexpected chain of events that leave Stan running for his life. Brilliant, dark, and provocative, The Heart Goes Last is a compelling futuristic vision that will drive readers to the edge of their seats.
Review Quotes
A National Post Best Book
A Globe and Mail Best Book
"Atwood's prose miraculously balances humor, outrage and beauty. A simple description becomes both chilling and sublime." —New York Times Book Review
"Atwood will always be her own best competition, but The Heart Goes Last doesn't need to surpass The Handmaid's Tale to be a gripping, psychologically acute portrayal of our own future gone totally wrong, and the eternal constant of flawed humanity." —Huffington Post (Arts & Culture)
"Atwood has demonstrated, yet again, that she is in a class of her own in the creation of a parallel universe that is both chilling, thought-provoking and hilariously funny all at once." —Toronto Star
"[A] witty take on a terrifying dystopia" —Globe and Mail
A Globe and Mail Best Book
"Atwood's prose miraculously balances humor, outrage and beauty. A simple description becomes both chilling and sublime." —New York Times Book Review
"Atwood will always be her own best competition, but The Heart Goes Last doesn't need to surpass The Handmaid's Tale to be a gripping, psychologically acute portrayal of our own future gone totally wrong, and the eternal constant of flawed humanity." —Huffington Post (Arts & Culture)
"Atwood has demonstrated, yet again, that she is in a class of her own in the creation of a parallel universe that is both chilling, thought-provoking and hilariously funny all at once." —Toronto Star
"[A] witty take on a terrifying dystopia" —Globe and Mail