{"product_id":"hagseed-isbn-9780804141314","title":"Hag-Seed","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The beloved author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines Shakespeare’s final, great play, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest, \u003c\/i\u003ein a gripping and emotionally rich novel of passion and revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that’s utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original’s back story falls neatly into place.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFelix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. Now he’s staging a\u003ci\u003eTempest\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMargaret Atwood’s novel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“What 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, \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is a most delicate monster—and that’s ‘delicate’ in the 17th-century sense. It’s delightful.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Atwood has designed an ingenious doubling of the plot of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e: 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003edesigned to overwhelm his enemies.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A funny and heartwarming tale of revenge and redemption . . . \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable contribution to the canon.\u003cb\u003e”—Bustle\u003c\/b\u003e\"A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that's utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humor, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original's back story falls neatly into place.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What 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 monster — and that’s “delicate” in the 17th-century sense. It’s delightful.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Atwood 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.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A funny and heartwarming tale of revenge and redemption, this latest release in the Hogarth Shakespeare project, whose aim it is to retell Shakespeare's most beloved works through the works of bestselling authors like Anne Tyler and Gillian Flynn, \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable contribution to the canon.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBustle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Atwood’s canny remix offers multiple pleasures…[marvel] at the ways she changes, updates, and parallels the play’s magic, grief, vengeance, and showmanship.” \u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“…Inventive, heartfelt, and swiftly rendered.” \u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Atwood brilliantly pulls off the caper in a short novel that should be assigned to high school students as a hilarious riff on one of Shakespeare's more mystifying plays. It's much more than a retelling; it's an ingenious analysis and critique rolled into one.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Margaret Atwood's modern retelling is an entertaining romp of revenge, redemption.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A triumph [...] The book illuminates the breadth and depth of the whole play. The troupe's workshops on it fizz with perception as Atwood transmits the pleasurable buzz of exploring a literary masterpiece. There won't be a more glowing tribute to Shakespeare in his 400th anniversary year.\"\u003cb\u003e–Peter Kemp, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The novel shines a thrilling new light on \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e's themes of revenge and forgiveness [...] as well as making a strong case for art's ability to \"set you free\" by helping you understand yourself.\"\u003cb\u003e–Helen Brown, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Surpassingly brilliant [...] without question the cleverest \"neo-Shakespearean novel\" I have ever read [...] the learning and the critical analysis are worn exceptionally lightly, always subordinated to wit, invention, characterisation and slick twists of plot [...] wonderfully ingenious.\"\u003cb\u003e–Jonathan Bate, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“…you don't need to be a Shakespeare geek like me to enjoy \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e; it's a good story, and will introduce you to the play gently, with Felix himself as your guide.”\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eNPR Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Hag-Seed \u003c\/i\u003eis a treat. It’s a beautifully constructed adaptation, one that stands on its own but is even richer when read against its source — and can, in turn, enrich its source material. It’s playful and thoughtful, and it singlehandedly makes a good argument for the value of adapting Shakespeare.”\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eVox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Atwood has tremendous fun with Hag-Seed. Those who know the play will especially enjoy her artful treatment of its more poignant storylines. But even someone unfamiliar with Shakespeare will be entertained by this compelling tale of enchantment and second chances, and the rough magic it so delightfully embodies.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Bookpage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers looking for Atwood’s wit and mastery of language will find it at work here… Atwood more than does justice to the Bard.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Chicago Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“One needn’t be a Shakespeare fan in order to love this retelling of The Tempest…This book is funny and wonderful. Highly recommended for Shakespeare lovers and those seeking revenge.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Seattle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eCat’s Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; The \u003ci\u003eMaddAddam \u003c\/i\u003eTrilogy; \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Goes Last\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Innovator’s Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She lives in Toronto.PROLOGUE:\u003cbr\u003eScreening\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWednesday, March 13, 2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe house lights dim. The audience quiets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON THE BIG FLATSCREEN: \u003ci\u003eJagged yellow lettering on black:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TEMPEST\u003cbr\u003eBy William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003ewith\u003cbr\u003eThe Fletcher Correctional Players\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnscreen:\u003ci\u003e A hand-printed sign, held up to the camera byAnnouncer,wearing a short purple velvet cloak. In his otherhand, a quill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSign: A SUDDEN TEMPEST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnouncer: What you’re gonna see, is a storm at sea:Winds are howlin’, sailors yowlin’,Passengers cursin’ ’em, ’cause it gettin’ worse:Gonna hear screams, just like a ba-a-d dream,But not all here is what it seem,Just sayin’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNow we gonna start the playin’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe gestures with the quill. Cut to: Thunder and lightning, in funnel cloud, screengrab from the Tornado Channel. Stock shot of ocean waves. Stock shot of rain. Sound of howling wind.Camera zooms in on a bathtub-toy sailboat tossing up and down on a blue plastic shower curtain with fish on it, the waves made by hands underneath.Closeup of Boatswain in a black knitted tuque. Water is thrown on him from offscreen. He is drenched.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOATSWAIN: Fall to’t yarely, or we run ourselves aground! \u003cbr\u003eBestir, bestir!\u003cbr\u003eYare! Yare! Beware! Beware!\u003cbr\u003eLet’s just do it,\u003cbr\u003eBetter get to it,\u003cbr\u003eTrim the sails,\u003cbr\u003eFight the gales,\u003cbr\u003eUnless you wantin’ to swim with the whales!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF: We’re all gonna drown!\u003cbr\u003eBOATSWAIN:  Get outta tha’ way! No time for play!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA bucketful of water hits him in the face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eVOICES OFF: Listen to me! Listen to me!\u003cbr\u003eDon’t you know we’re royalty?\u003cbr\u003eBOATSWAIN:  Yare! Yare! The waves don’t care!\u003cbr\u003eThe wind is roarin’, the rain is pourin’,\u003cbr\u003eAll you do is stand and stare!\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF:  You’re drunk!\u003cbr\u003eBOATSWAIN:  You’re a idiot!\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF:  We’re doomed!\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF:  We’re sunk!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloseup of Ariel in a blue bathing cap and iridescent ski goggles, blue makeup on the lower half of his face. He’s wearing a translucent plastic raincoat with ladybugs, bees, and butterflies on it. Behind his left shoulder there’s an odd shadow. He laughs soundlessly, points upward with his right hand, which is encased in a blue rubber glove. Lightning flash, thunderclap.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF:  Let’s pray!\u003cbr\u003eBOATSWAIN:  What’s that you say?\u003cbr\u003eVOICES OFF:  We’re goin’ down! We’re gonna drown!\u003cbr\u003eAin’t gonna see the King no more!\u003cbr\u003eJump offa the ship, swim for the shore!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAriel throws his head back and laughs with delight. In each of his blue rubber hands he’s holding a high-powered flashlight, in flicker mode.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe screen goes black.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE:  What?\u003cbr\u003eANOTHER VOICE: Power’s off.\u003cbr\u003eANOTHER VOICE: Must be the blizzard. A line down somewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTotal darkness. Confused noise from outside the room. Yelling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShots are fired.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE: What’s going on?\u003cbr\u003eVOICES, FROM OUTSIDE THE ROOM:  Lockdown! 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