The Power
Naomi Alderman
This story is a speculative fiction as it is set in a near future and the events are likely to happen, taking into account our current worldwide situation.
Suddenly women have the power to electrocute by touch. This new evolutionary situation brings a lot of changes in the relations between men and women. This power is developed by teenagers around 15 years old and these girls can pass this ability to grown up women.
The narration is told in four big areas, telling how these events change the lives of four people.
One of them is Roxy, the daughter of a criminal who looks for revenge for the death of her mother. The second one is Tunde, a young man who becomes a journalist uploading videos in Youtube showing the new phenomenon around the world. The third story narrates the story of Margot, a politician decided to pull up her career with the women's powerful circumstances. The last one is Allie, an adopted teenager that escapes her abusive father and becomes a religious icon.
An exploration of power, identity and the unpedictability of the future, this novel leads the reader to a new world. However,women may not be better rulers than men.
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