The Power. Naomi Alderman.

 The Power. Naomi Alderman. 2016. 382 p.

Synopsis: 

In The Power the world is a recognisable place: there's a rich Nigerian kid who lounges around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But something vital has changed, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power - they can cause agonising pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world changes utterly.

This extraordinary novel by Naomi Alderman, a Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and Granta Best of British writer, is not only a gripping story of how the world would change if power was in the hands of women but also exposes, with breath-taking daring, our contemporary world.

Opinion:

The Power of Naomi Alderman is a thrilling an electrifying and surprising novel, as Margaret Atwood defines it. Overall, it is an emotional book, with some chapters full of crudeness. An ambitious feminist dystopia, a superlative study of the power and sociocultural consequences of a human system that superimposes the rights of some people just because of their genitalia. Absolute reading recommendation.

Quote:

“Even a stone is not the same as any other stone.

There is no shape to anything except the shape it has.

Every name we give ourselves is wrong.

Our dreams are more true than our waking.”

Naomi Alderman, The Power.