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Bluebeard's Egg
| Author: | Margaret Atwood |
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Jonathan Cape, 1987 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks behind the familiar world of family summers at remote lakes, ordinary lives, and unexpected loves, and she unearths profound truths. A melancholy, teenage love is swept away by a Canadian hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds; a potter tries to come to terms with the group of poets who so smother her that she is driven into the arms of her accountant; and, in the title story, the Bluebeard legend is retold as an ironic tale of marital deception. Stark and scathing at times, humorous and compassionate at others, "Bluebeard's Egg" confirms once again Atwood's reputation as the pre-eminent chronicler of our times.
Table of Contents:
- Significant Moments in the Life of My Mother - (1987)
- Hurricane Haze - (1987)
- Loulou; or The Domestic Life of the Language - (1987)
- Uglypuss - (1987)
- The Whirlpool Rapids - (1986) -
- Walking on Water - (1987)
- Bluebeard's Egg - (1983)
- Spring Song of the Frogs - (1987)
- Scarlet Ibis - (1987)
- The Salt Garden - (1984)
- In Search of the Rattlesnake Plantain - (1986)
- The Sunrise - (1987)
- Unearthing Suite - (1987)
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