PHARMACY QUARTERLY
Issue 06
Art Scene
by Karen Hagen
Marrgaret Atwood is a Canadian
literary icon, who has written
numerous thought-‐provoking and
fascinating stories in her career. At
the age of 74 she has just released
her third book of the Oryx and Crake
Trilogy.
In this story, Atwood describes a
civilization at the cusp of self-‐
destruction, a culture that is
narcissistic and shallow to an
extreme degree. A world full of
danger, corporate espionage,
technological prowess and
bioengineering.
Yet something happens that reduces
humanity to nearly absolute zero.
Only a few scattered survivors are
left to pick up the pieces and make a
few future, as well as put the story of
the past together.
Atwood slowly reveals the story of
the event
through the three books,
interspersing it with the stories of
the survivors. The connections
presentation of this dystopian, yet
not so impossible fut \