Margaret Atwood's first collection of short stories in almost a decade is a dazzling mixture of tales showcasing her imagination and humor — and exploring everything from love to the afterlife.
, her first collection in almost a decade, is a dazzling mixture of stories that explore what it means to be human while also showcasing Atwood's gifted imagination and great sense of humor.The New Yorker. The collection is divided into three parts.
There are no throwaway stories in this collection, but several demand their time in the spotlight."Morte de Smudgie," about the death of a cat, is a perfect portrait of the unique kind of grief that follows the loss of a beloved pet."My Evil Mother" follows a mother-daughter relationship through the years and shows how, and why, many people eventually become just like their parents.
In"Death by Clamshell," Hypatia of Alexandria narrates her own murder and offers her thoughts on how she's morphed into different things to different groups of people in the centuries since her death. And she does so with great energy and a good sense of humor about it:"I try to look on the bright side: I did not have to endure the indignities of extreme old age.
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