Moral Disorder - Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

This is my all time favourite book. So now you know that I'm going to write a favourable review. Basically the book is based on the true story of Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant who lived and worked as a servant in Canada in the mid 1800's. She was convicted (along with another servant, McDermott) of the double murder of her boss and fellow maid. Atwood does an amazing job of evoking the atmosphere and day to day details of Grace's life as she travels from Ireland to Canada and becomes a servant in a well to do household before she arrives at the fateful residence of Mr Kinnear. The book centres around the efforts of Dr Simon Jordan as he visits Grace in the penitentiary ...

Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

This is my all time favourite book. So now you know that I'm going to write a favourable review. Basically the book is based on the true story of Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant who lived and worked as a servant in Canada in the mid 1800's. She was convicted (along with another servant, McDermott) of the double murder of her boss and fellow maid. Atwood does an amazing job of evoking the atmosphere and day to day details of Grace's life as she travels from Ireland to Canada and becomes a servant in a well to do household before she arrives at the fateful residence of Mr Kinnear. The book centres around the efforts of Dr Simon Jordan as he visits Grace in the penitentiary ...

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood? I think most people that take an interest in "the novel" have heard of this Canadian writer. I had, but well, I think I had placed her in the books for the ladies category. Nothing sexist in it, I think it was the way her books were portrayed, the titles and the covers, they just seemed, feminine. But, when with her tenth novel and 38th book, The Blind Assassin, Atwood won the Booker Prize, my interest was peaked and so when the paperback made the half price list on Amazon, I duly purchased the book and then realised it was a hefty tome of some 641 pages. I embarked on this read some 4 weeks ago and as I normally get through one or two books a week, you can ...

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood? I think most people that take an interest in "the novel" have heard of this Canadian writer. I had, but well, I think I had placed her in the books for the ladies category. Nothing sexist in it, I think it was the way her books were portrayed, the titles and the covers, they just seemed, feminine. But, when with her tenth novel and 38th book, The Blind Assassin, Atwood won the Booker Prize, my interest was peaked and so when the paperback made the half price list on Amazon, I duly purchased the book and then realised it was a hefty tome of some 641 pages. I embarked on this read some 4 weeks ago and as I normally get through one or two books a week, you can ...

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

goodness. So what are we to make of the above quote? It is, of course, taken from "The Blind Assassin", the latest oeuvre of Canadian author Margaret Atwood, that won her the Booker Prize 2000. And my interpretation of this book lies in the above quote. It is obviously entirely subjective - many other readers will have reached different conclusions. The story centres around Iris, not her seemingly-dominant sister Laura. Laura is a more novel-worthy character, in her extremes of behaviour and eccentricities. Iris, on the other hand, is conventional - to say the least - and reticent. Her dominant characteristic is goodness, in its traditional sense. She stands ...

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

goodness. So what are we to make of the above quote? It is, of course, taken from "The Blind Assassin", the latest oeuvre of Canadian author Margaret Atwood, that won her the Booker Prize 2000. And my interpretation of this book lies in the above quote. It is obviously entirely subjective - many other readers will have reached different conclusions. The story centres around Iris, not her seemingly-dominant sister Laura. Laura is a more novel-worthy character, in her extremes of behaviour and eccentricities. Iris, on the other hand, is conventional - to say the least - and reticent. Her dominant characteristic is goodness, in its traditional sense. She stands ...