The power : a novel / Naomi Alderman.
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TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First North American editionDescription: 386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316547611
- 0316547611
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale ," a fierce new power has emerged--and only women have it ( Washington Post ).
In The Power , the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family.
But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power: they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, The Power is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways.
"Captivating, fierce, and unsettling...I was riveted by every page. Alderman's prose is immersive and, well, electric." -- New York Times Book Review
"Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, October 2016."
When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death.
A rich Nigerian boy; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. When a vital new force takes root and flourishes, their lives converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes ...