Book description
A moving new book of fiction which could be seen as a collection of
eleven stories that is almost a novel … or a novel broken up into eleven
interrelated stories. It resembles a photograph album - a series of
clearly observed moments that trace the course of a life, and also of
the other lives intertwined with it - those of parents, of siblings, of
children, of friends, of enemies, of teachers and even of animals. As in
a photograph album, times change, and every decade is here, from the
1930s through the 50s, 60s and 70s to the present day. The stories
follow the central character through large cities, suburbs, farms and
northern forests, and through the cycle of childhood and adolescence
into adulthood. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy,
shocking, and deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwood's
celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best
advantage. As The New York Times says, 'the reader has the sense that
Atwood has complete access to her people's emotional histories, complete
understanding of their hearts and imaginations. The Handmaid's Tale,
Cat's Eye and Alias Grace have all been shortlisted for the Booker
Prize, and now Oryx and Crake for the 2003 Booker prize. Margaret Atwood
has won many literary prizes in other countries.
