Hag-seed
the Tempest retold
«.A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that.s utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original.s back story falls neatly into place.. .New York Times Book Review»
William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed.
Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds.
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William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed.
Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds.
Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?
Margaret Atwood's novel take on Shakespeare's play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.
Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds.
Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?
Margaret Atwood's novel take on Shakespeare's play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Hogarth
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780804141314
- Utgave
- 1. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Serie
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The Hogarth Shakespeare-series
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«.A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that.s utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original.s back story falls neatly into place.. .New York Times Book Review»
«.What makes the book thrilling, and hugely pleasurable, is how closely Atwood hews to Shakespeare even as she casts her own potent charms, rap-composition included. Part Shakespeare, part Atwood, .Hag-Seed. is a most delicate monster . and that.s .delicate. in the 17th-century sense. It.s delightful.. . The Boston Globe»
«.Atwood has designed an ingenious doubling of the plot of .The Tempest.: Felix, the usurped director, finds himself cast by circumstances as a real-life version of Prospero, the usurped Duke. If you know the play well, these echoes grow stronger when Felix decides to exact his revenge by conjuring up a new version of .The Tempest. designed to overwhelm his enemies.. .The Washington Post»
«.Atwood brilliantly pulls off the caper in a short novel that should be assigned to high school students as a hilarious riff on one of Shakespeare.s more mystifying plays. It.s much more than a retelling; it.s an ingenious analysis and critique rolled into one.. .St. Louis Post-Dispatch»
«.Margaret Atwood.s modern retelling is an entertaining romp of revenge, redemption.. .Minneapolis Star-Tribune»