Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories

Name: Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9781784877637
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By Margaret Atwood

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Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood is a collection exploring the intricacies of relationships, identity, and human nature through a series of short stories. Each narrative is rich with Atwood's characteristic wit and insight, delving into the lives of its characters as they confront personal dilemmas and societal expectations. The stories evoke a blend of dark humour and poignant reflection, highlighting the often-unseen layers of everyday experiences.
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If you appreciate stories with rich characterisation and intricate emotional landscapes, you may enjoy this collection. It delves into the complexities of human relationships, identity, and personal discovery, wrapped in Margaret Atwood's signature wit and insight.

Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories

Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments

A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller;

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From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories represents some of Margaret Atwood's most witty, wise short stories.

Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.

A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's intimate life is strangely dominated by the fear of nuclear warfare; a melancholy teenage love is swept away by a hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds...

In these exceptional short stories, by turns funny and searingly honest, Margaret Atwood captures brilliantly the complex forces that govern our relationships, and the powerful emotions that guide them.

'An acute and poetic observer of the eternal, universal, rum relationships between men and women' — The Times

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Margaret Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories is praised for its astute and poetic observations on the complex relationships between men and women. The book is noted for its wit, impact, and grace in exploring women's central issues with men. The collection offers a variety of tones, capturing the essence of life's varied experiences, and highlights Atwood's skill in portraying the nuanced dynamics of the sexes with intelligence and humour.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784877637

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 202g

Pages: 288

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Margaret Atwood

About the Author

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions, a selection of essays; and Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories. Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.