From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays - funny,erudite,endlessly curious,uncannily prescient - which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:
Why do people everywhere,in all cultures,tell storiesHow much of yourself can you give away without evaporatingHow can we live on our planetIs it true And is it fairWhat do zombies have to do with authoritarianism
In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world,and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought the end of history,a financial crash,the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech,the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola,we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784744519Number of pages: 496Weight: 742 gDimensions: 240 x 162 x 43 mm
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'This isn't just a collection of essays for Atwood fans. Rather,this is an attempt to make sense of the world,taking in with characteristic verve everything from Anne of Green Gables to Donald Trump,zombies to censorship... while the tone skates from surreal off-kilter wit to impassioned gravity,Atwood always makes the idea of big questions a little more digestible... the collection is polyphonic,enthusiastic,illuminating'- i News
'Margaret Atwood was recently described in a Guardian interview as "arguably the most famous living literary novelist in the world",and she is undoubtedly the most venerable... it's fascinating to read Atwood's reflections on her own novels and their continued relevance... but equally striking to see how many pieces she has included here generously celebrating other writers'- Observer
'If there's one person in the world from whom you'd want a hot take on the most pressing issues,it would surely be Margaret Atwood... she answers our burning questions on climate change,the rise of Trump and on to debt and tech'- Evening Standard
'With her bold imagination,calm insight,and wit,Atwood gathers diverse strands into a marvellous collection ranging from the history of forests to the nature of science fiction and beyond. Burning Questions is a delicious antidote to intellectual fragmentation that left me inspired'- Merlin Sheldrake,author of Entangled Life
'A compilation of essays that pick the brain of Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood,this is a wonderfully written insight into everything from zombies to the climate crisis'- Stylist
Margaret Atwood
Widely regarded as one of the world's leading writers,Margaret Atwood is an author,essayist,poet and activist whose inventive and diverse literary output ranges widely and deeply from feminist classics such as The Handmaid's Taleto complex blends of Science Fiction and reality such as her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Blind Assassin and chilling dystopian visions like Oryx and Crake.
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