Margaret Atwood
5) Maddaddam
Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning...
7) Alias Grace
It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress.
Some believe Grace is innocent; others think...
Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated...
10) Cat's eye
Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces...
11) The robber bride
Roz, Charis, and Tony—university classmates...
13) Moral disorder
Available in a new edition and with an introduction by Margaret Atwood, Payback delivers a surprising look at the topic of "debt" — a subject that continues to be timely.
Legendary novelist, poet, and essayist Margaret Atwood delivers a surprising look at the topic of "debt" — a subject that continues to be timely during this current period of economic upheaval. In her intelligent and imaginative approach
...16) Bluebeard's egg
With the publication of the best-selling The Handmaid's Tale in 1986, Margaret Atwood's place in North American letters was reconfirmed. Poet, short story writer, and novelist, she was acclaimed "one of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century."*
With Bluebeard's Egg, her second short story collection, Atwood covers a dramatic range of storytelling, her scope encompassing
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