Ukuphindwaphindwa kwemisebenzi yokucebisa yesayensi yamabali ngokungabikho kwamabali amatsha onokondla okucingelwayo phakathi kwe-dystopian kunye ne-post-apocalyptic ngokuhambelana namaxesha. Ngaphandle kwalonto UMargaret Atwood Akangombhali weentsomi oqhelekileyo. Kuye, imeko-bume ihamba kunye nezimvo kunokuba isebenze ngokuzonwabisa kunye nokuseta. Imozulu ethi, nangayiphi na imeko, ihlale iwela phantsi kobunzima bayo xa umbalisi efana nebrashi yakhe enoluvo oluchanekileyo noluchanekileyo lokucinga.
Nangona kunjalo, yonke le nto ka-Atwood njengentshatsheli entsha ye-dystopian ayenzekanga ngengozi. Okoko kwavela kwakhona ifayile ye Ibali lesicakakazi Iminyaka engamashumi asibhozo yesipho soloyiso kwimida engalindelekanga kuhlobo lwayo lwe-TV, umbono wezorhwebo uphakama ukuze IMaddAddam Trilogy 1 ndiqale ngale noveli kwakhona sikhokelele kukonwaba kwiqonga losuku.
Eyaziwa njengoJimmy ngaphambi kokuba iplanethi yonakaliswe luthotho lweentlekele zendalo, uSnowman ulilela ukusweleka kweCrake, oyena mhlobo wakhe usenyongweni, kunye no-Oryx omhle nonobunewunewu, ababethandana naye bobabini, njengoko esokola ukuphila yedwa. phezu kobuso bomhlaba.
Kwinceba yezinto, ekhunjulwa ziinkumbulo kwaye ingekho enye inkampani ngaphandle kwaleyo yaBantwana beCrake, abo bantu banamehlo aluhlaza abamjonga njengomprofeti, u-Snowman uyazibuza ukuba ukwazile ukutshintsha yonke into ngokufutshane ixesha kwaye aqalise uhambo oludlulele kwixesha lakhe elidlulileyo nakwibhola ye-high-tech eyenziwe yiCrake, indawo apho yonke yaqala khona.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Oryx kunye neCrake", nguMargaret Atwood, apha:
