El año del diluvio (MaddAddam Trilogy 2)

An eminent dystopian fiction about the friendship of two women who survive the extinction of the planet. Second part of the so-called MaddAddam Trilogy.

The predictions of Adam One, the amiable leader of the God's Gardeners, have come true, and the Waterless Flood has devastated the planet and seems to have wiped out all traces of human life. Only two women seem to have survived the great natural catastrophe: Toby, who has entrenched herself in a luxury spa, and Ren, a young trapeze artist locked in Scales and Tails, a distinguished club where "the cleanest dirty girls in town" work. And while Toby and Ren decide what their next step will be, corrupt rulers roam freely in the outside world and new transgenic species proliferate, threatening to destroy everything. The Year of the Flood, which is tender and gloomy in equal parts, reveals the most brilliant and imaginative Margaret Atwood.

Critics have said...
"Margaret Atwood is not only a brilliant writer, she is also one of the most awarded and successful of our times. She has become an intellectual many of us turn to for answers, a kind of visionary."
Sandra Sabaté, El intermedio

"Prophetic and satirical, with an imagination as overflowing as it is disturbing, Margaret Atwood publishes her great dystopian trilogy about the end of the world in Spanish: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and Maddaddam (Salamandra) and transports us to a future of genetic manipulation as plausible as it is terrifying. The brilliant eco-reversal of The Handmaid's Tale."
Telva

"The culmination of Atwood's prodigious creative power, a worthy candidate for the Nobel Prize."
Elle

"The grand dame of Canadian letters returns to anticipation and satire to paint a future worthy of Bosch. A fierce painting."
L'Express

"Atwood knows how to find humor in an apocalyptic world, while shrewdly and brilliantly addressing how to live on a planet in danger."
Kansas City Star

"It's not a prophecy, but a chillingly plausible story."
The New York Times Book Review

"Memorable characters, strictly controlled pacing, and scenes that strike with their verisimilitude: this captivating work flies to a mysterious, goosebump-inducing ending."
San Francisco Chronicle

"A powerful and provocative indictment of how humans have long treated the planet and themselves."
Chicago Tribune

"Consistently achieves what is expected in any work by Margaret Atwood: it entertains, extends suspense, and rewards readers' basic impulses."
Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Apocalyptic literature par excellence. [...] Exquisite. [...] Revealing. [...] Fascinating and sinister, provocative and comical."
Associated Press

"Atwood's dystopian novel, rebellious, intriguing, and shrewd, traces the trajectory of current environmental catastrophes to a possible and devastating conclusion, revealing passionate concern and keen humor."
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