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The Power
Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2017), 10 Best Books by NYT Book Review, The Power by Naomi Alderman. This book tells the story of a time when teenage girls receive a strong power that allows them to inflict horrible pain and even death... Korean edition translated by Jeong Ji Hyeon.
What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?
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'The Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid's Tale' Cosmopolitan
Suddenly – tomorrow or the day after – teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonising pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed.
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Naomi Alderman's The Power is celebrated as an electrifying and thought-provoking novel that explores a world where women suddenly gain a physical advantage over men. It's often described as a gripping thriller and a fascinating social experiment on gender dynamics. Critics highlight its provocative nature, thrilling narrative, and the way it forces readers to reconsider societal power structures, drawing comparisons to Margaret Atwood's dystopian works.
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ISBN: 9780670919963
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 April 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 253g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Naomi Alderman is the author of three previous novels- Disobedience, The Lessons and The Liars' Gospel. She has won the Orange Award for New Writers and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She was selected for Granta's once-a-decade list of Best of Young British Novelists and Waterstones Writers for the Future. She presents Science Stories on BBC Radio 4, she is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and she is the co-creator and lead writer of the bestselling smartphone audio adventure app Zombies, Run!. She lives in London.
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