Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood Paperback Book

Description: Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaids Tale and The TestamentsA man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the international bestselling author of The Handmaids Tale, Bluebeards Egg and Other Stories represents some of Margaret Atwoods most witty, wise short stories.Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaids Tale and The TestamentsA man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a womans intimate life is strangely dominated by the fear of nuclear warfare; a melancholy teenage love is swept away by a hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds...In these exceptional short stories, by turns funny and searingly honest, Margaret Atwood captures brilliantly the complex forces that govern our relationships, and the powerful emotions that guide them.An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women The Times Author Biography Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cats Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaids Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published Dearly, her first collection of poetry for a decade; in 2022 Burning Questions, a selection of essays, was a Sunday Times bestseller; and in 2023, Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories, was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Review An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women * The Times *If anyone has better insight into women and their central problem - men - than Margaret Atwood, and can voice them with as much wit, impact and grace, then they havent started writing yet * Daily Mail *Sophisticated, reticent, ornate, stark, supple, stiff, savage or forgiving...they are stories from the prime of life * Times Literary Supplement *An outstanding correspondent on the war between the sexes writes as wittily as ever on the hopes and shortcomings of women who bake for poets, sleep with their accountants, attribute their preference for awful men to fearlessness, and dont know how much they scare their own mothers * Observer * Review Text An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women Review Quote An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women Promotional "Headline" From the international bestselling author of The Handmaids Tale , Bluebeards Egg and Other Stories represents some of Margaret Atwoods most witty, wise short stories. Details ISBN1784877638 Author Margaret Atwood Pages 288 Publisher Vintage Publishing ISBN-10 1784877638 ISBN-13 9781784877637 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-02-23 NZ Release Date 2023-02-23 Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-02-23 UK Release Date 2023-02-23 Alternative 9781446496244 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143606013;

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