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The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood
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The Heart Goes Last
The Heart Goes Last

Dystopian satire on love, freedom, and morality.

Atwood deftly mixes dark humor with thought-provoking dystopia in "The Heart Goes Last." It's a brilliant choice if you're drawn to narratives that tackle complex societal issues through the microcosm of personal relationships. The unsettling blend of domestic familiarity and twisted societal structures will keep you questioning the price of comfort in a world teetering between utopia and prison.

  • Geffen Award Nominee for Best Translated Science Fiction Book (2019)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2015)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood
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ISBN: 9780349007298
Authors: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Virago Press
Date of Publication: 2016-08-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 74753 readers)

Description

Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around - and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in... for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their "civilian" homes. At first, this doesn't seem like too much of a sacrifice to make in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who lives in their house during the months when she and Stan are in the prison, a series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. With each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.
 

Dystopian satire on love, freedom, and morality.

Atwood deftly mixes dark humor with thought-provoking dystopia in "The Heart Goes Last." It's a brilliant choice if you're drawn to narratives that tackle complex societal issues through the microcosm of personal relationships. The unsettling blend of domestic familiarity and twisted societal structures will keep you questioning the price of comfort in a world teetering between utopia and prison.

  • Geffen Award Nominee for Best Translated Science Fiction Book (2019)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2015)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.