The Power

by Naomi Alderman

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Pub Date 27 Oct 2016 | Archive Date 17 May 2023

Penguin Books (UK) | Viking

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

Description

'She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and lets go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his throat. She'd put her hand on his heart and stopped him dead.'

Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed, and we look at the world in an entirely new light. What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?

'She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and lets go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his...

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EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9780670919987
PRICE	£16.99 (GBP)

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