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The Blind Assassin
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The Blind Assassin
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This book caught my attention from the very first sentence ("Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a off a bridge.") Through a series of clippings, reminiscences, tales and recollections, the book tells the story of Laura Chase (whose first and only novel becomes a posthumous success with a devoted cult following) and her older sister Iris, The Blind Assassin's narrator. Atwood had been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Handmaid's Tale and Cat's Eye), but this was her first win. (The book was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2001.) The Blind Assassin may be Atwood's masterpiece. There's a good review of the book from January magazine here. I read this book as part of my ongoing Booker Prize project -- it's my favourite Booker winner so far. |
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Release planned for Saturday, May 29, 2004 at The Gold Rush Inn in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Canada.I'll be releasing this book -- along with two others -- in the lobby of the Gold Rush Inn in Whitehorse on Saturday afternoon, May 29th. (At left: me, squinting for the camera on the border between British Columbia and the Yukon!) |
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