Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood (English) Paperback Book

Description: Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional intelligence. Her men and women still miscommunicate, still remain separate in different rooms, different houses, or even different worlds. With brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and unexpected violence, the stories reveal the complexities of human relationships and bring to life characters who touch us deeply, evoking terror and laughter, compassion and recognition—and dramatically demonstrate why Margaret Atwood is one of the most important writers in English today. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this splendid volume of short fiction from thebestselling author of The Handmaids Tale and The Testaments, ordinary people-farmers, birdwatchers, adolescent lovers, elderly neighbors, pregnant women-are anything but ordinary.A poet waylaid by an epic nosebleed; an awkward student trailed by an obtuse stalker; a jaded travel writer stranded on a life raft, finally facing a situation she cant trivialize- these characters touch us deeply, evoking laughter, terror, and compassion. Punctuated by brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and occasional violence, Dancing Girls pays tribute to the sheer variety and complexity of human relationships. Author Biography Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cats Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaids Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published Dearly, her first collection of poetry for a decade.Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Review "Sheer wizardry, a rich fusion of the ordinary experience made brilliant by symbol, image, and allusion." —Los Angeles Times"Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page." —The Washington Post"A stunning collection. . . . Combine[s] superb control and selectivity with an almost rambunctious vitality." —The New York Times Book Review"Superb control and selectivity, with an almost rambunctious vitality. . . . A stunning collection."--The New York Times Book Review Review Quote "Sheer wizardry, a rich fusion of the ordinary experience made brilliant by symbol, image, and allusion." -- Los Angeles Times "Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page." -- The Washington Post "A stunning collection. . . . Combine[s] superb control and selectivity with an almost rambunctious vitality." -- The New York Times Book Review "Superb control and selectivity, with an almost rambunctious vitality. . . . A stunning collection." --The New York Times Book Review Details ISBN0385491093 Author Margaret Atwood Short Title DANCING GIRLS Pages 256 Language English ISBN-10 0385491093 ISBN-13 9780385491099 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1998 Residence Toronto, -CN Birth 1939 DOI 10.1604/9780385491099 UK Release Date 1998-05-18 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1998-05-18 NZ Release Date 1998-05-18 US Release Date 1998-05-18 Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Publication Date 1998-05-18 Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Audience General 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:137922549;

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