Product Description

A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming pale, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22981 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic. Her books include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize and The Handmaid's Tale, which won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the Governor-General's Award, was short-listed for the Booker Prize and made into a major film. She lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson and their daughter

Customer Reviews

Clever and colourful tales which challenge gender roles
This is a collection of short stories in the league of Carter and Winterton. Atwoods tales challenge patriarchal values, though her overall themes are often darker and more ambigoues. If you liked Wintertons 'Sexing the Cherry' or Carters 'The Bloody Chamber', give this one a go. Bluebeards Egg is the high light of the book though, the other stories appear a little empty in comparrison.