Naomi Alderman

2 weeks ago | thebookerprizes.com | Jonathan Cape |Margaret Atwood |Naomi Alderman

Offred is a national resource. In the Republic of Gilead her viable ovaries make her a precious commodity, and the state allows her only one function: to breed. As a Handmaid she carries no name except her Master’s, for whose barren wife she must act as a surrogate. Dissenters are supposed to end up either at the Wall, where they are hanged, or in the Colonies, to die a lingering death from radiation sickness. But the irrepressible Moira shows Offred that it is possible to cheat the system.

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Naomi Alderman

¿Cómo se cura una herida en el alma de un país? Muchas naciones han hecho cosas terribles en el pasado lejano o recientemente. La historia ya pasó, ¿qué hacemos ahora? Es difícil hablar directamente de lo que ha pasado antes. Se necesita un cierto tipo de coraje, una fuerza poderosa para enfrentar lo que sucedió, rastrear las repercusiones y exigir que un país lo haga mejor. Malcolm X era un hombre con esa fuerza personal.

Jan 18, 2025 | msn.com | Naomi Alderman

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Jan 18, 2025 | msn.com | Naomi Alderman

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Jan 18, 2025 | theguardian.com | Naomi Alderman

Born in London in 1974, the author Naomi Alderman studied PPE at Oxford and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She published her award-winning first novel, Disobedience, in 2006, which was later adapted into a film starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz. Named one of Granta’s best young British novelists in 2013, Alderman has published five further books, including the Women’s prize-winning The Power (2016), which was adapted for television by Prime Video in 2023.