This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional intelligence. Her men and women still miscommunicate, still remain separate in different rooms, different houses, or even different worlds. With brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and unexpected violence, the stories reveal the complexities of human relationships and bring to life characters who touch us deeply, evoking terror and laughter, compassion and recognition--and dramatically demonstrate why Margaret Atwood is one of the most important writers in English today.
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“A stunning collection”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Margaret Atwood is a deeply serious writer who is also wildly funny.”
–Chatelaine
“Deft, sardonic: quintessential Atwood.”
–Globe and Mail
“Margaret Atwood’s stories are fierce parables about the horror of city life and the power politics of relationships.…A remarkable collection.”
–Victoria Glendinning, Sunday Times (U.K.) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
–The New York Times Book Review
“Margaret Atwood is a deeply serious writer who is also wildly funny.”
–Chatelaine
“Deft, sardonic: quintessential Atwood.”
–Globe and Mail
“Margaret Atwood’s stories are fierce parables about the horror of city life and the power politics of relationships.…A remarkable collection.”
–Victoria Glendinning, Sunday Times (U.K.) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"Superb control and selectivity, with an almost rambunctious vitality...a stunning collection."
--The New York Times Book Review
--The New York Times Book Review
"Sheer wizardry, a rich fusion of the ordinary experience made brilliant by symbol, image, and allusion."
--Los Angeles Times
"Margaret Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page."
--Washington Post
"Illumine[s] areas of the human condition few writers have witnessed with such intelligence and sympathy."
--Boston Globe
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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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Having read Atwood's many excellent novels, I searched for additional works by her. This compilation of early short stories reveals an author testing the literary waters, without plunging in head first. We see early glimpses of Atwood's dark wit and terse descriptions. And we are also treated to many varied and memorable characters, stories and settings. For those of you who believe, as I do, that Atwood is one of the most accomplished authors writing today, these stories, even though not perfect and early in her career, are far more rewarding than most works by mature authors. A must read.
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A fantastic and little-known collection,
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This review is from: Dancing Girls (Paperback)
I've always liked Margaret Atwood, but with this collection I now have to say I love her. Many typically unsentimental stories with strong women characters, and none one-dimensional. Each story has stayed with me in its own way. This is one to try.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Another great story collection from Atwood,
This review is from: Dancing Girls (Paperback)
Atwood's short stories are shocking, vibrant glances at some of her most interesting people. The stories in this collection were published in many journals, from the prestigious *Harper's* to the rarified journals like *Fiddlehead* and *The Malahat Review.* Because many of these pieces were published in smaller journals, they've not been widely read. If you see yourself as an Atwood buff, you need this book to complete your collection.
Stories in *Dancing Girls*: The War in the Bathroom The Man from Mars Polarities Under Glass The Grave of the Famous Poet Rape Fantasies Hair Jewellery When It Happens A Travel Piece The Resplendent Quetzal Training Lives of the Poets Dancing Girls Giving Birth TK Kenyon Author of Rabid: A Novel and Callous: A Novel
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