by Margaret Atwood (Author)
Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' - London Review of Books
Format: Paperback
Pages: 436
Edition: 1st Virago Edition
Publisher: Virago
Published: 25 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 1844080285
ISBN 13: 9781844080281
Book Overview: * An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize
Prizes: Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003 and Booker Prize for Fiction 2003. Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005.