Curious Pursuits

Curious Pursuits

Author: Margaret Atwood

Publisher: Virago

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0748113401

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By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Curious Pursuits is a collection of personal essays, book reviews and articles from the fierce, ingenious mind of Margaret Atwood, ranging from 1970 to the present. Atwood remembers moving to London as a starry-eyed teenager in 1964 and her first attempts at gardening; she discusses feminist utopias in fiction, and writes moving odes on beloved classics like Anne of Green Gables. Personal life and fiction are shelved side by side in this revealing, insightful collection of Atwood's non-fiction writing. PRAISE FOR Curious Pursuits 'A goldmine' Sunday Times 'Reminds one that Atwood is a superbly funny (as well as serious) writer; her wit is winningly relaxed and genial as well as sharp' Spectator 'The glimpses into the writing process and her reflections on identity will delight fans of her novels, who will also recognise flashes of her mordant wit' Times


The Circle Game

The Circle Game

Author: Margaret Atwood

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1770892796

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As a part of the launch of the new A List series, a curated selection of titles from Anansi's backlist featuring handsome new covers and introductions by well-known writers, comes Margaret Atwood's Governor General's Literary Award–winning The Circle Game, with an introduction by Suzanne Buffam. The appearance of Margaret Atwood's first major collection of poetry marked the beginning of a truly outstanding career in Canadian and international letters. The voice in these poems is as witty, vulnerable, direct, and incisive as we've come to know in later works, such as Power Politics, Bodily Harm, and Alias Grace. Atwood writes compassionately about the risks of love in a technological age, and the quest for identity in a universe that cannot quite be trusted. Containing many of Atwood's best and most famous poems, The Circle Game won the 1966 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry and rapidly attained an international reputation as a classic of modern poetry.


Willful Pursuits

Willful Pursuits

Author: Asif Ahmed Srabon

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2023-09-16

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 3755453320

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In "Willful Pursuits: Embracing Your True Desires for Success and Fulfillment", Asif Ahmed Srabon invites you on a transformative journey to discover and embrace your deepest desires. This book is a roadmap to unlock your potential for success and fulfillment. With insightful guidance, practical wisdom, and real-life stories, you'll learn how to uncover your purpose, set meaningful goals, overcome challenges, and persistently pursue your dreams. Embrace your true desires, and embark on a path to a life rich with purpose, achievement, and lasting happiness.


The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Author: Margaret Atwood

Publisher: Emblem Editions

Published: 2010-12-10

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1551994968

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An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’ s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.


A Curious Beginning

A Curious Beginning

Author: Deanna Raybourn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0451476018

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Receiving a warning from a mysterious baron after suffering a home invasion, Veronica Speedwell accepts the baron's shelter and teams up with an ill-tempered naturalist when her host is subsequently murdered.


Wilderness Tips

Wilderness Tips

Author: Margaret Atwood

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-06-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0307797988

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the shape of a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age. The past resurfaces in the present in ways both subtle and dramatic: the body of a lost Arctic explorer emerges from the ice, a 2,000-year-old bog man turns up in an archeological dig, a man with dark secrets marries his lover’s sister, a girl who disappears on a canoe trip haunts her friend many decades later. The richly layered stories in Wilderness Tips map interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and lost chances, endowing even the most unassuming of lives with a disquieting intensity.


The Fiction of Margaret Atwood

The Fiction of Margaret Atwood

Author: Fiona Tolan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-09-22

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1350336750

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Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant writers working today. Her writing spans seven decades, is phenomenally diverse and ambitious, and has amassed an enormous body of literary criticism. In this invaluable guide, Fiona Tolan provides a clear and comprehensive overview of evolving critical approaches to Atwood's work. Addressing all of the author's key texts, the book deftly guides the reader through the most characteristic, influential, and insightful critical readings of the last fifty years. It highlights recurring themes in Atwood's work, such as gender, feminism, power and violence, fairy tale and the gothic, environmental destruction, and dystopian futures. This is an indispensable companion for anyone interested in reading and writing about Margaret Atwood.