Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)

Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) by Atwood, Margaret. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780345809261.

Our greatest literary innovator and beloved novelist has reimagined Shakespeares final, great play of magic and illusion. Entertaining, gripping, emotionally rich and wise, Hag-Seed is an homage to a master, positioned for the fall celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Bards death. "Its got a thunderstorm in it. And revenge. Definitely revenge." Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now hes staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his motley crew of inmate actors will put on his Tempest, and snare the traitors who destroyed him. But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall? Margaret Atwoods novel take on Shakespeares play of enchantment, revenge and second chances leads us on an illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.