Name: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories (Random House Large Print)
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Author: Atwood, Margaret
ISBN: 9780593677940

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Old Babes in the Wood: Stories (Random House Large Print)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Margaret Atwood

Publisher

Random House Large Print Publishing

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9780593677940

Synopsis "Old Babes in the Wood: Stories (Random House Large Print) "

A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; "Impatient Griselda" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and "My Evil Mother" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after. Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.

Margaret Atwood

(Author)

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Margaret Atwood (Ottawa, 1939) is one of the most prestigious writers on the international scene. A prolific author translated into more than forty languages, she has practiced all literary genres. Among her extensive output, the novels The Heart Goes Last, Alias Grace, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, Maddaddam, and Cat's Eye stand out, as well as the short story collection Stone Mattress and the essays The Penelopiad and Payback, all published by Salamandra. She has received, among others, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Governor General's Award, the Order of Arts and Letters, the Booker Prize (on two occasions), the Montale Prize, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Giller Prize, the National Arts Club Literary Award, the Franz Kafka International Prize, and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

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