Oryx and Crake

　　未來文明極度發展，人類以近乎造物者之姿，改造基因創造無數異種，甚至理想中的新人類－－克雷科人。然而，一場預謀的瘟疫－－無水之洪－－幾乎毀掉地球上所有的人類，一處處廢墟重新為植物覆蓋，新種生物恣意橫行。



　　劫難後的荒涼世界裡，倖存的人類雪人吉米，帶領克雷科人，躲避凶殘的生物，漫無目的的活著。沒有未來，只有回憶與疑問：他的伙伴克雷科與情人奧麗克絲，如何操控這場災難，以生物科技和病毒變種造成人類浩劫？背後的理由又是什麼？



　　瑪格麗特‧愛特伍以詩人敏銳的筆調書寫人性；《末世男女》故事令人毛骨悚然、怵目驚心，瀰漫著悽涼的美學。



　　★本書中譯版《末世男女》由天培 出版。

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future--from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments

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.

作者簡介

瑪格麗特．愛特伍Margaret Atwood

　　1939年出生於渥太華，是加拿大最傑出的小說家、詩人，也寫短篇故事、評論、劇本，並創作兒童文學與圖像小說。她是《紐約時報》暢銷作家、公認的「加拿大文學女王」，更是諾貝爾文學獎呼聲極高的重量級候選人，至今已發表四十多部作品，海外讀者散布四十多國。愛特伍在1985年以小說《使女的故事》榮獲「總督文學獎」，2000年《盲眼刺客》獲英國曼布克文學獎；2005年獲頒愛丁堡圖書節啟蒙獎，得獎理由是對世界文學與思想的傑出貢獻；2008年榮膺西班牙艾斯杜里亞斯親王文學獎；2016年獲英國筆會/品特文學獎。代表作「瘋狂亞當」三部曲正由美國HBO改拍為電視影集，其餘作品在世界各國亦獲獎無數。

　　愛特伍與莎翁的首次邂逅發生在1950年代，當時她在多倫多讀高中，漫長的寫作生涯中，她一直認為莎士比亞影響自己創作甚深。她說：「《暴風雨》在某些層面上，可說是一齣早期的多媒體音樂劇，要是莎翁活在今日，他想必會窮盡手邊所有特效科技來呈現這齣戲；然而《暴風雨》最引人入勝之處，正是劇中留下的許多未解問題。我用盡渾身解數來挑戰這個故事，太過癮了！」

　　Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic. Her books include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize and The Handmaid's Tale, which won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the Governor-General's Award, was short-listed for the Booker Prize and made into a major film. She lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson and their daughter.