Blind Assassin, The
by Margaret Atwood | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1860498795 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1860498795 Global Overview for this book
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Atwood's Booker prize-winning novel reissued with a striking new jacket along with other titles from Margaret Atwood's backlist
Laura 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.
Laura 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.
Morgen een dagje naar België. Een mooie kans om een paar dozen met boeken af te geven in Turnhout, zodat ze verder kunnen reizen. Voor de vinder veel leesplezier !
Op doorreis !
Veel leesplezier !
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Journal Entry 6 by kwatje at Zwerfboekenrek ziekenhuis Sint Jozef in Turnhout, Antwerpen / Anvers Belgium on Monday, February 15, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (2/16/2016 UTC) at Zwerfboekenrek ziekenhuis Sint Jozef in Turnhout, Antwerpen / Anvers Belgium
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bye, book - i set you free
