| The Heart Goes Last Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 1101912367 ISBN-13: 9781101912362 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015016476 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.65 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale In the gated community of Consilience, residents who sign a contract will get a job and a lovely house for six months of the year--if they serve as inmates in the Positron prison system for the alternate months... Stan and Charmaine, a young urban couple, have been hit by job loss and bankruptcy in the midst of nationwide economic collapse. Forced to live in their third-hand Honda, where they are vulnerable to roving gangs, they think the gated community of Consilience may be the answer to their prayers. At first, this seems worth it: they will have a roof over their heads and food on the table. But when a series of troubling events unfolds, Positron begins to look less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled. The Heart Goes Last is a vivid, urgent vision of development and decay, freedom and surveillance, struggle and hope--and the timeless workings of the human heart. |