Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare) | |||||||||||
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The beloved author of The Handmaidâs Tale reimagines Shakespeareâs final, great play, The Tempest, in a gripping and emotionally rich novel of passion and revenge.Â
âA marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story thatâs utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the originalâs back story falls neatly into place.ââThe New York Times Book Review
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Felix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. Now heâs staging aTempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, but it will also 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, which, after twelve years, arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison.
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Margaret Atwoodâs novel take on Shakespeareâs play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.
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Praise for Hag-SeedÂ
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âWhat 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 monsterâand thatâs âdelicateâ in the 17th-century sense. Itâs delightful.ââBoston Globe
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âAtwood 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.ââWashington PostÂ
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âA funny and heartwarming tale of revenge and redemption . . . Hag-Seed is a remarkable contribution to the canon.ââBustle
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