The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood * Atwoods Booker prize-winning novel reissued with a striking new jacket along with other titles from Margaret Atwoods backlist FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the Man Booker PrizeBy the author of THE HANDMAIDS TALE and ALIAS GRACELaura Chases older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sisters tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of THE BLIND ASSASSIN, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, THE BLIND ASSASSIN describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama. Flap Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge. The bridge was being repaid; she went right through the Danger sign . . . nothing much was left of her but charred smithereens. Author Biography Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes. Review Atwood has never written with more flair and versatility than in this multidimensional novel. Adding sardonic wit and characterisation that takes you into the ambivalent intricacies of a personality, this is a novel of extraordinary variety and reach. A brilliant accomplishment - Peter Kemp, SUNDAY TIMESThe fertility of Atwoods imagination is something extraordinary...The only thing familiar about The Blind Assassin is its technical accomplishment and exhilarating emotional power. Everything else is sparkling new. This is Margaret Atwood at her remarkabl - Kathryn Hughes, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHMargaret Atwood is one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists alive. - Kate Kellaway, LITERARY REVIEWWith every year and every novel, Atwoods subjects get bigger...her new novel is so rich thematically and so convincing psychologically... THE BLIND ASSASSIN may indeed prove to be that most elusive of literary unicorns: the womans novel. - Elaine Showalter, NEW STATESMAN Long Description Winner of the Man Booker Prize By the author of THE HANDMAIDS TALE and ALIAS GRACE Laura Chases older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sisters tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of THE BLIND ASSASSIN, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following.Sexually explicit for its time, THE BLIND ASSASSIN describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama. Review Quote Atwood has never written with more flair and versatility than in this multidimensional novel. Adding sardonic wit and characterisation that takes you into the ambivalent intricacies of a personality, this is a novel of extraordinary variety and reach. A brilliant accomplishment - Peter Kemp, SUNDAY TIMESThe fertility of Atwoods imagination is something extraordinary...The only thing familiar about The Blind Assassin is its technical accomplishment and exhilarating emotional power. Everything else is sparkling new. This is Margaret Atwood at her remarkabl - Kathryn Hughes, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHMargaret Atwood is one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists alive. - Kate Kellaway, LITERARY REVIEWWith every year and every novel, Atwoods subjects get bigger...her new novel is so rich thematically and so convincing psychologically... THE BLIND ASSASSIN may indeed prove to be that most elusive of literary unicorns: the womans novel. - Elaine Showalter, NEW STATESMAN Promotional "Headline" * Atwoods Booker prize-winning novel reissued with a striking new jacket along with other titles from Margaret Atwoods backlist Details ISBN0349013063 Author Margaret Atwood Pages 656 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2019 ISBN-10 0349013063 ISBN-13 9780349013060 Format Paperback Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1939 Publication Date 2019-08-22 Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-22 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-08-26 NZ Release Date 2019-08-26 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:136420415;

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