GOOD BONES and SIMPLE MURDERS [Hardcover]

Margaret Atwood (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Unknown (1994)
• ASIN: B0028Q8QJ6
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

More About the Author

MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and her most recent, Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This review is for Good Bones only, October 29, 2001

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Megami (Darwin, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Bones and Simple Murders (Hardcover)

This is an eclectic collection of short pieces (a little too short and non-narrative to be called short stories) on topics such as Chicken Little, the importance of dumb women in literature, Hamlet from Gertrude's perspectives, war, death, birth and more. There is no doubting, reading this, that Atwood has a feminist bent, but don't let that you scare you off - it is definitely not a ram-down-your-throat version of feminism. Rather, it is a funny, smart and insightful perspective.

I would not recommend this as an introduction to Atwood - a first time reader would probably be better suited to reading one of her novels such as The Blind Assassin or The Handmaid's Tale first. But I think that for readers that have encountered Atwood before, this collection will give you an insight into a fascinating and wryly humourous writer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I devoured Good Bones and Simple Murders, April 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Bones and Simple Murders (Hardcover)

Every one loves a fairy tale, they shine at us like apples, ripe and flavorfull. Atwood's short poetic prose collected here is like eating a bag of apples. Atwood has selected these apples, she has chosen worms and bruses along with tart crunches. Turning fairy tales on there heads "The melon-burst, the tomato-coloured splatter- now that's a story!". These shorts are not as careful as her poetry, prose allows her this freedom but there are morsels here to chew on, to digest

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Bones, January 6, 2006

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Eve Neela Malone (lovely Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Bones and Simple Murders (Hardcover)

"Good Bones" is one of my favourites from way back in junior high school. A decade or so later, Atwood's essays and creative tid bits still have resonance for me. Her wit and subversive humour really shine here in this collection.