Winner of the Man Booker PrizeBy the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceLaura Chase's 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 sister's 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.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780349013060Number of pages: 656Weight: 500 gDimensions: 196 x 122 x 48 mm
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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 accomplishmentAtwood 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 accomplishmentThe fertility of Atwood's imagination is something extraordinary...The only thing familiar about The Blind Assassin is its technical accomplishment and exhilarating emotional power. Everything else is sparkling newThe fertility of Atwood's imagination is something extraordinary...The only thing familiar about The Blind Assassin is its technical accomplishment and exhilarating emotional power. Everything else is sparkling newMargaret Atwood is one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists aliveMargaret Atwood is one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists aliveWith every year and every novel,Atwood's 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 unicornsWith every year and every novel,Atwood's 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
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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