The Power (Alderman novel)

For the 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson, see The Power (Robinson novel). For the 1962 novel by Howard Fast, see Power (Fast novel).

The Power
AuthorNaomi Alderman
IllustratorMarsh Davies
GenreScience fiction
PublisherViking
Publication date
2016
Publication placeGreat Britain
Pages340 pp
ISBN978-0-670-91998-7

The Power is a 2016 science fiction novel by the British writer Naomi Alderman.[1] Its central premise is of women developing the ability to release electrical jolts from their fingers, which allows them to become the dominant sex. In 2017, it won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

  1. ^ Alderman, Naomi (2016). The Power. London: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-91998-7. Retrieved 30 March 2024 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.