Naomi Alderman
Books by Naomi Alderman
Alderman dedicated this book—a feminist science fiction novel, in which women are discovered to have the ability to electrocute men at will by means of a hidden internal organ—to Margaret Atwood, who acted as her literary mentor during 2012 and 2013. The two writers obviously have a great many common interests, and fans of Atwood will find a lot to like in this fantastical tale, which sees gender roles upended and then later inverted. The Power was the winner of the £30,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017.
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