The Power

Now a Major TV Series with Prime Video

Naomi Alderman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:6th Apr '17

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The Power cover

What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES WITH PRIME VIDEO
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

'Electrifying' Margaret Atwood

'A big, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller' Guardian

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All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control.

The Day of the Girls has arrived - but where will it end?

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'The Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid's Tale'Cosmopolitan

'I loved it; it was visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent . . . The story has stayed with me since' Stylist, The Decade's 15 Best Books by Remarkable Women

'Superb. Insightful, thrilling, funny. Well-crafted, compelling, serious-minded' Daily Telegraph

'Fascinating, ingenious, rattles with a furious pace. Deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)' The Times

'Irresistible. Holds a mirror up to the here and now'Mail on Sunday

'Chilling, thrilling, a blast'Financial Times

Electrifying -- Margaret Atwood
A big, brash, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller * Guardian *
A fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way. Ingenious . . . deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man) * The Times *
It's magnificent. I'm agog. Really, I'm several gogs. So smart and scary and sad but true -- Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Handmaid's Tale for the Gone Girl generation * Grazia *
A stone cold genius -- Sarah Perry
The Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid's Tale * Cosmopolitan *
The Power is a subtly funny, lyrical and utterly subversive vision of an impossible future. As all the best visionaries do, Alderman shines a penetrating and yet merciful light on to our present and the so many cruelties in which we may be complicit -- A. L. Kennedy
Electrifying! Shocking! Will knock your socks off! Then you'll think twice, about everything -- Margaret Atwood
The Power is a fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way...as a whole the narrative feels ingenious...deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man) * The Times *

  • Winner of Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017

ISBN: 9780670919963

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 28mm

Weight: 253g

352 pages