Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems. [Paperback]

Margaret Atwood (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Coach House Press; First edition, second issue. edition (1983)
• ASIN: B001N86Z2K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,852,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Caustic. Comforting. A necessary companion to all writers., July 22, 1998

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This review is from: Murder in the Dark (Audio Cassette)

Murders In The Dark leaves me speechless. It's a book that panders to my short attention span-- full of short short stories, commentaries, and other artistic pieces. The best, in my opinion, is "The Page," a work that explains writing to me better than any other work I've come in contact with to date. Atwood has spunk (and a dark side). She's coming to speak at my school next semester (SUNY Albany). I am counting the minutes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best, January 11, 2012

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This review is from: Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems (Paperback)

I love Margaret Atwood's books, this little gem is a distillation of her thughts presented as a series of sketches. It contains some of the best sentences I've ever read. Sharp!!