A treasure trove of collected works from the legendary author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceQueen Gertrude gives Hamlet a piece of her mind. An ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves. A reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong. Bones and Murder is a bewitching cocktail of prose and poetry, fiction and fairytales, as well as some of Atwood's own illustrations. It's pure distilled Atwood: deliciously strong and bittersweet.'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous and sardonic talents' Times Literary Supplement
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In this collection of miscellaneous writings by Margaret Atwood, Gertrude describes what really happened in "Hamlet", an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves, and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got "Dracula" hopelessly wrong.
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Atwood's offbeat fiction is always charming, insightful and provocative.
Atwood's offbeat fiction is always charming, insightful and provocative. - PREVIEWFull of fun and invention, with an edge that cuts through preconceptions ... an entertaining sampler of Atwood's cleverness and imagination - NICOLETTE Jones, INDEPENDENT on SundayA novelist and poet of great gifts - GUARDIANEverything she forms in words has substance and weight - DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781860490514
Publisert
1996
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
106 gr
Høyde
152 mm
Bredde
119 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

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Biographical note

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes.