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The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last
The Heart Goes Last

Dystopian satire of comfort and surveillance trade-offs.

If you're teetering on the edge of a future where the lines between utopia and dystopia blur, Margaret Atwood's "The Heart Goes Last" could captivate you. It's not just about what you gain in the safety and order of Consilience, but what freedom and identity you forfeit. Atwood presents a world that's unsettling yet fascinating, where her sharp wit punctuates the eeriness of an all-too-possible reality. This book isn't just a story; it's a provocation that asks what we’re willing to sacrifice for security.

  • 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: 9781101912362
Authors: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Anchor
Date of Publication: 2016-08-09
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 71538 readers)

Description

Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin. 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 of comfort and surveillance trade-offs.

If you're teetering on the edge of a future where the lines between utopia and dystopia blur, Margaret Atwood's "The Heart Goes Last" could captivate you. It's not just about what you gain in the safety and order of Consilience, but what freedom and identity you forfeit. Atwood presents a world that's unsettling yet fascinating, where her sharp wit punctuates the eeriness of an all-too-possible reality. This book isn't just a story; it's a provocation that asks what we’re willing to sacrifice for security.

  • 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.