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Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1998, c1991
Physical Desc
228 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this newest collection of ten short stories, Atwood looks back over three decades that have wrought great changes in women's lives. The impacts of death, disease, deception, and disappointment are explored; Atwood's characters, with their tenuous personal relationships, always endure a terrible aloneness. The loss of trust in others is a recurring theme. In one story a betrayed woman plays a grisly practical joke on her married lover; in another,...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
310 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Marian McAlpin: she can't eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seeds--everything! Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling that she's being eaten. Marian ought to feel consumed with passion, but she really just feels...consumed.
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