Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)

Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare's <i>The Tempest</i> retold as <i>Hag-Seed</i><br /> <br />Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a <i>Tempest</i> like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds.<br /> <br />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 also brewing revenge.<br /> <br />After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his <i>Tempest</i> and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?<br /> <br />Margaret Atwood’s novel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.