Cat's Eye
11 journalers for this copy...
"Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories."
(http://www.randomhouse.com/features/atwood/index.html)
This book reminds me a lot about my own childhood.
#199 "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
Från Panzeranzi på BC-träffen i Wadköping (Örebro) den 15/7 2006!
A sometimes sad book, what with the helplessness of Elaine, especially in her childhood. The terrible goings-on among the kids make me shudder, I'm happy to be grown up... Elaíne gets through her helplessness and that's hopeful!
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4 by
mariabokmal at
By mail in RABCK, Release Challenge -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, December 2, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (12/4/2006 UTC) at By mail in RABCK, Release Challenge -- Controlled Releases
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Someone has made a wish for this book, so in the mail it goes!
Part of the BookCrossing’s Scandinavian Forum release challenge Advent Calender 2006!
See http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/31/3980412/25.
It´s like christmas, I´ve got a book! Thanks, It made my day!
Nu börjar jag snart, tänker ta hjälp av radioföljetongen.
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/P1/program/index.asp?programID=1111
Spännande, jag har lyssnat på radioföljetongen och läst. Ibland lyssnat först och läst avsnittet efteråt, ibland gjort tvärtom. Någon gång läst samtidigt som jag lyssnat!
I have read this and listen to the swedish radioserial, that was great and gave the story a special experience.
"I go to the bar, ask for another glass of wine. It´s better quality than the rotgut we used to buy for such affairs.
I walk the room, surrounded by the time I´ve made; wich is only a blur, the moving edge we live in; which is fluid, which turns back on upon itself, like a wawe. I may have thought I was preserving something from time, salvaging something; like all those painters, centuries ago, who thought they were bringing Heaven to earth, the revelations of God, the eternal stars, only to have their slabs of wood and plaster stolen, mislaid, burnt, hacked to pieces, destroyed by rot and mildew.
A leaky ceiling, a match and some kerosene would finish all this off. Why does this thought present itself to me, not as a fear but as a temtation?"
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8 by
Deepswamp at
Ex-OBCZ Capasca, Vasagatan 15-17 in Stockholm, Södermanland Sweden on Monday, April 9, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (4/14/2007 UTC) at Ex-OBCZ Capasca, Vasagatan 15-17 in Stockholm, Södermanland Sweden
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In the bookshelf at Capasca.
Hittade boken i hyllan på Capasca på Vasagatan. Kommer självklart att släppa den vidare när jag läst den. Eftersom den är på engelska tänker jag komplettera med en engelsk etikett bredvid den svenska ifall den reser utomlands.
This book has been waiting for me to read it for very long now. I still want to read it, but I'll start a bookring first, and then start reading it when it comes back to me.
Bookring: (I may rearrange the order of the ring according to the members' shipping preferences)
1. auroradormita (Denmark)
2. Brujula (France, pref. Europe)
3. Caroley (UK, can ship anywhere)
4. arturogrande (UK, can ship anywhere)
5. mucker28 (UK, can ship anywhere)
6. Carelaisa (Canada, pref. North America)
7. ChiBoiler (US, can ship anywhere)
Etc...
And then back to me! :-D
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11 by
Gealach at
Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 25, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/27/2008 UTC) at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Sent to auroradormita in Denmark
I got this in the mail today, and am already half-way through with it! Good book...
***EDIT***
I finally got around to writing about what I thought of the book, here: http://christa89.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/cats-eye-margaret-atwood/
found yesterday in the mail. Thank you.
I've really enjoyed this book. I smiled when Elaine described the early years of her childhood, felt bad with her when she was being bullied by her so called friends...
Margaret Atwood manages to write very different books, but her characters always are very realistic, when you turn the last page of the book you feel like you know them for real.
Thank you very much for sharing this.
And now, to the next reader!
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15 by
Brujula at on Friday, January 16, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/15/2009 UTC) at
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mailed to the next participant
Received today thanks!
The post office had done their worst to the envelope as it was ripped very badly. However, thanks to the sturdy padded evelope used by Brujula, the book survived intact.
Thanks for sending it Brujula and thanks Gealach for starting the ring :)
Very different to the other two Atwood's that I've read, but like them, very enjoyable.
I liked the pace of it. I tend to read a lot of adventure/thriller novels so it was good to read something that just ambled along.
Next person PMd. As soon as I have their address I'll get this in the post.
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18 by
Caroley at
Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Monday, January 26, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/26/2009 UTC) at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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Posted today.
Thanks very much. I've got a couple of rings ahead of this one, but I'm planning on getting to it quickly.
I've read quite a few Margaret Attwood books and enjoyed them, but I think this one is my favourite. Some of the characters Atwood writes about can be a bit cold and distant, but I think Elaine Risley is a lot warmer and seems much more human and three-dimensional. I like the framing device used for the story - Elaine returns to Toronto, the city of her birth, for a retrospective exhibition of her work. It is there that memories of her childhood and adolescence start to resurface, intercut with the present day.
I thought the bullying Elaine suffered at the hands of her friends was very well done. Writers sometimes have a tendancy to go over the top when writing about bullying, making young characters do horrific things for the sake of the story. This bullying is a lot more realistic - constant criticism mixed in with the terror of not fitting in.
Nothing dramatic really happens (like most lives) and Elaine almost drifts into her life as a painter, rather than having some big dramatic thing happen which sets her on that course.
Thanks you, Gealach for starting this ring, and everyone else for passing it along. Mucker28 seems to have disappeared, so it's now on its way to Carelaisa, who, quite fittingly, lives in Canada.
rec'd this morning. I have another ring to read before this one but I'll try to be quick and have the book moved to the next participant within a month.
Thanks to Gealach for starting this ring ans sharing this book with us and to arturogrande for sending it my way.
It’s quite fascinating as a story, though it took me a while to get into it. But once I was into the story, I wanted to know how it would end. I quite liked the fact that she took art to illustrate a part of the character’s life & story and as always, we find the author’s particular writing style in this book. Overall, a good read but not my fave book by Margaret Atwood.
I have the address of the next participant and will mail the book next week.
EDIT: sent today, May 20th, to the next participant, ChiBoiler, via airmail!
This book arrived today. I have one ray in front of it, but this will be next up!
This is the 5th book by Margaret Atwood that I have read and it amazes me how different they all are. I have been pretty evenly split about loving/hating them and this one was a good one. I enjoyed the story line (although the horrible little girls began to creep me out). I did feel like not a whole lot happened. Just the story of a woman's life.
Would recommend. Will be passing this book on to angela861 when I see her next.
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25 by
ChiBoiler at
Chicago, Illinois USA on Sunday, June 14, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (6/14/2009 UTC) at Chicago, Illinois USA
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releasing to angela861 today
I received this from ChiBoiler today. I'll read it and return it home soon. Thanks for sharing!
I've read other books by Atwood and really enjoyed them. I had a hard time getting into this one. I liked the stories from her childhood but felt that she herself became a huge bully. I began to feel sorry for the mean girls. I also had a hard time when she flashed to the present. I really didn't like her much by then. I'm glad I got to read this one. It is very different from the others I've read.
Thank you for sharing!
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28 by
angela861 at
Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Thursday, July 9, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (7/9/2009 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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The book is on its way home! Thanks again for sharing!!
Arrived safely today! :-D
Now I'm going to read it and then send it back to Panzeranzi! :-D
I don't think I'll ever read this, actually. Sending it back to Panzeranzi :-D
Tack!! =)
It's lovely to have the book again!