Door, The [Import] [Hardcover]

Margaret Atwood (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; 1ST edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844084582
• ISBN-13: 978-1844084586
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 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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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars UNSENTIMENTAL ELEGIES, November 9, 2007

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Panopticonman "panopticonman" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Door (Hardcover)

Margaret Atwood's THE DOOR could very well have been subtitled UNSENTIMENTAL ELEGIES: the same clear-eyed, sometimes caustic observations that give her novels their energy and force are also everywhere apparent in this strong collection of short poems.

At times intensely personal, Atwood's poems seek to find a common thread of humanity in their narration of such every day tragedies as the death of a beloved cat, or the slow onset of her mother's senility. Always alive to the possibility that suffering can distort our humanity, render us blind and selfish, Atwood shows us that we must learn to be sentimental in only the best and highest sense of that word.

Altogether THE DOOR is a good solid collection that is perfectly in keeping with Atwood's masterful, often inspired fiction. Recommended.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Atwood returns to poetry, November 2, 2008

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Therese Pantazakos "Panda Reader" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Door (Hardcover)

From the cat in the freezer to dealing with her grief you will want to own this book to read and re-read.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what you would expect from this author, October 25, 2011

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P. Chandler "g'ma" (W.H., CT) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Door (Hardcover)

i love Margaret Atwood's writing. I've read just about all of her books, so I was surprised this was a book of poetry. When I ordered it I didn't notice this fact. It isn't my cup of tea, but my intellect and life style aren't very conducive to reading poetry. I may give it another try after some time has passed, but on first blush it was not my thing.