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Stone Mattress
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Margaret Atwood returns to short fiction with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, Alias Grace.A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in “Alphinland,” the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists.In “The Freeze-Dried Bridegroom,” a man who bids on an auctioned storage space has a surprise.In “Lusus Naturae,” a woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire.In “Torching the Dusties,” an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence.And in “Stone Mattress,” a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite.In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.
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| Weight | 0.25 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.63 × 13.11 × 20.32 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | Canada |
| ISBN 10 | 0771006810 |
| About The Author | MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include The Testaments, which was the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize; Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; The MaddAddam Trilogy; The Heart Goes Last; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She lives in Toronto. |
"Realism and ridiculousness, play and deadly seriousness, are held in fine balance throughout. . . . Atwood's prose is sharp and sly." —The Guardian "Terrific. . . . Atwood's narrative control, her ability to surprise and her sparkling language are on full display." —Globe and Mail "Atwood, more than 40 books into her career, has arrived here preoccupied not just with the churn of generations but also with legacy and reputation, with getting straight the story of one's life—the tale about the tale—and with surviving what happens once no one is paying any attention anymore. . . . Witty and frequently biting." —New York Times"She shuns predictability, and writes with a light hand and a dry wit. . . . Enjoy!" —Ursula K. Le Guin, Financial Times"Her storytelling skills remain at the level of a master. These are wonderfully gripping tales: they hold us tight from the first word to the last." —Quill & Quire"With Stone Mattress, Atwood brilliantly returns to her literary roots as a deliciously funny observer of the human comedy." —Toronto Star |
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