Margaret Atwood: The Year of the Flood

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Michael Silverblatt

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Margaret Atwood thinks she has done something new: her novel, The Year of the Flood (Doubleday), takes place simultaneously with Oryx and Crake — her nightmare novel about the biotechnological future. In this conversation, we discuss the various possibilities for hope — religion, community action, art.

Read an excerpt from The Year of the Flood.

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Margaret Atwood: author, @MargaretAtwood

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