num_pages: 436
description: Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
language: English
title: Oryx and Crake
titlecomplete: Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
characters: Oryx, Snowman, Crake
genres: Audiobook, Canada, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 260025
series: MaddAddam
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger
publisher: Virago