: Reviewers from The Guardian have praised it as an "exuberant" and "ingenious" find that makes the original play more accessible. Where to Read or Buy
: Atwood contrasts Felix’s obsessive desire for vengeance with the play’s ultimate message of mercy.
La semilla de la bruja (originally published as Hag-Seed in 2016) is Margaret Atwood’s imaginative modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest . Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, the novel explores themes of revenge, loss, and the transformative power of theater.
The story follows , the artistic director of a prestigious theater festival who is ousted by his treacherous assistant just as he is about to stage The Tempest . Heartbroken and grieving his young daughter, Miranda, Felix exiles himself to a rural shack for twelve years, living under the pseudonym "Mr. Duke".
: Reviewers from The Guardian have praised it as an "exuberant" and "ingenious" find that makes the original play more accessible. Where to Read or Buy
: Atwood contrasts Felix’s obsessive desire for vengeance with the play’s ultimate message of mercy.
La semilla de la bruja (originally published as Hag-Seed in 2016) is Margaret Atwood’s imaginative modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest . Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, the novel explores themes of revenge, loss, and the transformative power of theater.
The story follows , the artistic director of a prestigious theater festival who is ousted by his treacherous assistant just as he is about to stage The Tempest . Heartbroken and grieving his young daughter, Miranda, Felix exiles himself to a rural shack for twelve years, living under the pseudonym "Mr. Duke".