Up in the Tree - Margaret Atwood

Murder in the Dark - Margaret Atwood

Having hungrily devoured several of Margaret Atwood s novels, from The Handmaid s Tale through Surfacing to Alias Grace , I was intrigued to see Murder in the Dark described as a collection of short fictions and prose poems . I make several long bus journeys a week, and if you re sandwiched between giggling schoolgirls and someone booming down their mobile phone while the guy at the back is singing along to Alice Cooper on his ipod, it s not an atmosphere conducive to getting absorbed in a five-hundred page novel. But these little gems take just a couple of minutes each to read and each demands to be savoured before you go on to the next one. Autobiography is a ...

Murder in the Dark - Margaret Atwood

Having hungrily devoured several of Margaret Atwood s novels, from The Handmaid s Tale through Surfacing to Alias Grace , I was intrigued to see Murder in the Dark described as a collection of short fictions and prose poems . I make several long bus journeys a week, and if you re sandwiched between giggling schoolgirls and someone booming down their mobile phone while the guy at the back is singing along to Alice Cooper on his ipod, it s not an atmosphere conducive to getting absorbed in a five-hundred page novel. But these little gems take just a couple of minutes each to read and each demands to be savoured before you go on to the next one. Autobiography is a ...

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

In the past six months I have become increasingly impressed by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. I have read a number of her books including Alias Grace and Oryx and Crake, both of which I enjoyed immensely. It was with eager anticipation, therefore, that I waited to get my hands on her latest literary offering. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus. The Penelopiad is based on Homer s Odyssey. The Odyssey, composed of a substantial 24 parts, is a major part of Ancient Greek history and contains tales of myths, gods and goddesses. I imagine that reading the Odyssey would require some serious effort and will power. Thus reading Atwood s 150 page light ...

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

In the past six months I have become increasingly impressed by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. I have read a number of her books including Alias Grace and Oryx and Crake, both of which I enjoyed immensely. It was with eager anticipation, therefore, that I waited to get my hands on her latest literary offering. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus. The Penelopiad is based on Homer s Odyssey. The Odyssey, composed of a substantial 24 parts, is a major part of Ancient Greek history and contains tales of myths, gods and goddesses. I imagine that reading the Odyssey would require some serious effort and will power. Thus reading Atwood s 150 page light ...

Margaret Atwood in general

WELL DONE Margaret ATWOOD. NOW YOU'VE WON THE BOOKER PRIZE WILL YOU START WRITING BOOKS JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT? Sorry about that, had to be said. I know Margaret Atwood is probably off crying somewhere because of that remark (sorry luv) but this book is just too goddam hard for anybody but my lecturer to understand. I ...

Margaret Atwood in general

WELL DONE Margaret ATWOOD. NOW YOU'VE WON THE BOOKER PRIZE WILL YOU START WRITING BOOKS JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT? Sorry about that, had to be said. I know Margaret Atwood is probably off crying somewhere because of that remark (sorry luv) but this book is just too goddam hard for anybody but my lecturer to understand. I ...