Book description
A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, 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.
Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic.
Her books include
The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Life
Before Man, Bodily Harm, The Handmaid's Tale
(winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the
Governor-General's Award, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into
a major film).
Cat's Eye
(also shortlisted for the Booker Prize)
The Robber Bride
and
Alias Grace
. Finally,
The Blind Assassin
won the Booker Prize in 2000.
