Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
 Amazon.com Review: After having been through the "wash-and-spin cycle" a few times, Margaret Atwood realized that her "own experience in the suds may be relevant to others." Thus was born Negotiating with the Dead, six essays about [... more]
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Moral Disorder and Other Stories
Ultimately, this book is a disappointment: To begin with, I don't understand why this novel is described as a book of short stories. It is a novel with different chapters. I guess you could say any novel is a book of short stories. That was odd to me. [... more]
$13.95
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The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library)
I can't praise it enough: This was a very unique and interesting story. It's a dark theme with some very dark moments, but it also opens one's eyes. It definitely has a feminist philosophy slant- but I like that. The book left me wanting to know more- I [... more]
$24.00
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths)
Well done: This is a quick read, and is easy to get into without having a deep mythology background. One disappointment was that the author's brief essay-like sidetrack could have been longer; I found this to be the most interesting part of the book. [... more]
$18.00
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Good Bones
Short snippets of Atwood's glorious style: Some days, you simply don't have the attention span required of you for reading good books. Sometimes, I find even short stories too taxing and poetry much too dense to absorb properly. That's when Good Bones [... more]
$16.50
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Canongate Myth Series: Includes A Short History of Myth, ...
Great Series: There is an amazing new series of books being published. The first three have just been released in 32 countries and 30 languages. The project is the brainchild of Jamie Byng,a publisher at Cognate books. The series was launched October 22 [... more]
$69.95
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Margaret Atwood: The Open Eye (Reappraisals: Canadian ...
Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780776606132 ISBN: 0776606131 Number Of Pages: 492 Publication Date: 2006-10-28 [... more]
$55.00
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Oryx and Crake
Amazon.com Review: In Oryx and Crake, a science fiction novel that is more Swift than Heinlein, more cautionary tale than "fictional science" (no flying cars here), Margaret Atwood depicts a near-future world that turns from the merely horrible [... more]
$26.00
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Labrador Fiasco (Bloomsbury Birthday Quids)
Author: Margaret Atwood Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780747528890 ISBN: 0747528896 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 1996-09-19 [... more]
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Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal ...
A Must for Atwood Fans: I was introduced to the works of Margaret Atwood several years ago through A Handmaid's Tale. For several years, I knew her only as a writer of fiction novels. With this collection of essays and reviews, I have finally come to [... more]
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus ...
A Lackluster Protagonist for a Lakluster Story: Disappointing. My hope was for a retelling of The Odyssey that would give a richer, more intriguing and unique viewpoint of Penelope and her maids over the twenty-year span of Odysseus' absence. What it [... more]
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The Edible Woman
Recommended, but not Atwood's best work: I have read and enjoyed many of Margaret Atwood's books, especially Oryx and Crake and The Robber Bride. The Edible Woman was Atwood's first published novel. It's definitely not her best, but I recommend it. The [... more]
$10.95
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