What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?Suddenly tomorrow or the day after girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. All over the world, women are discovering they have The Power. "The novel is constructed as a big, brash, page-turning, drug-running, globetrotting thriller... But it’s also endlessly nuanced and thought-provoking, combining elegantly efficient prose with beautiful meditations on the metaphysics of power, possibility and change..." - Justine Jordan, The GuardianIn The Power the world is a recognizable place - there's a rich Nigerian kid who larks around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But something vital has changed, causing their lives to converge, with devastating effects. Now, with the flick of a switch, teenage girls can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world changes utterly. "In her acknowledgments, Alderman thanks Margaret Atwood, Karen Joy Fowler and Ursula Le Guin — possibly the most brilliant triumvirate of grandmothers any novel has ever had. That lineage shows in this endlessly surprising and provocative story that deconstructs not just the obvious expressions of sexism but the internal ribs of power that we have tolerated, honored and romanticized for centuries." - Ron Charles, The Washington PostThis extraordinary novel by Naomi Alderman, a Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and Granta Best of Young British writer, is not only a gripping story of how the world would change if physical power was in the hands of women but also exposes, with breath-taking daring, our contemporary world.

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Alderman, Naomi

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Sports Illustrated For Kids

First North American edition., New York State, 2017

United States, United States of America

Hachette Book Group, New York, 2017

Kindle edition, New York, 2017

Illustrated, 2017

Oct 10, 2017

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9780316547659

In this stunning bestseller praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale ," a fierce new power has emerged—and only women have it ( Washington Post ).
In The Power , the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family.
But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power: they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, The Power is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways.
"Captivating, fierce, and unsettling...I was riveted by every page. Alderman's prose is immersive and, well, electric." — New York Times Book Review

One of the New York Times 's Ten Best Books of 2017 A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017 One of the Washington Post 's Ten Best Books of 2017 An NPR Best Book of 2017 One of Entertainment Weekly 's Ten Best Books of 2017 A Bustle B est Book of 2017 A Paste Magazine Best Novel of 2017 A San Francisco Chronicle B est Book of 2017 Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
One of President Obama's favorite reads of 2017
" The Power is our era's The Handmaid's Tale ." —Ron Charles, Washington Post
"Novels based on premises like the one at the core of The Power can quickly become little more than thought experiments, but Alderman dodges this trap deftly — her writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost...

When A New Force Takes Hold Of The World, People From Different Areas Of Life Are Forced To Cross Paths In An Alternate Reality That Gives Women And Teenage Girls Immense Physical Power That Can Cause Pain And Death. A Rich Nigerian Boy; A Foster Kid Whose Religious Parents Hide Their True Nature; An Ambitious American Politician; A Tough London Girl From A Tricky Family. When A Vital New Force Takes Root And Flourishes, Their Lives Converge With Devastating Effect. Teenage Girls And Women Now Have Immense Physical Power-- They Can Cause Agonizing Pain And Even Death. And Everything Changes. Naomi Alderman. Originally Published In Great Britain By Viking, October 2016. -- Title Page Verso. Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction Winner.

She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and let's go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his throat. She'd put her hand on his heart and stopped him dead. Suddenly, girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of this novel are utterly transformed, and we look at the world in an entirely new light. What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?

ix, 340 pages : 20 cm

2021-06-18