THE BLIND ASSASSIN, by MARGARET ATWOOD — NAN A. TALESE (DOUBLEDAY) ~2000

Description: THE BLIND ASSASSINby MARGARET ATWOODNAN A. TALESE (DOUBLEDAY) ~2000 The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist.Told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s, The Blind Assassin is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience. Condition: better than VERY GOOD. No markings. Note: this looks a lot like the original edition from this publisher (not the true first edition), but there is no number line, and there is no price marking on the flap. There is an ISBN but there is also the number 12378 on the back flap, suggesting that this is a book club edition. On the other hand, it is a beautiful huge book, so maybe they just ran off some extra copies for the book club. I don’t know. From Wikipedia: The Blind Assassin is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland & Stewart 2000. Set in Canada, it is narrated from the present day, referring to previous events that span the twentieth century.The work was awarded the Booker Prize in 2000 and the Hammett Prize in 2001…. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2000 and included it in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923. Commentaries on line: “All stories are about wolves… Anything else is sentimental drivel.”Atwood doesn’t write sentimental drivel (and I don’t read it), and there are several wolves in this stunning book. This is my tenth Atwood, and it’s even better than any of the others I’ve enjoyed. The scope and variety of her work is impressive, but here, she accomplishes that within the covers of a single book: it should be shelved as historical fiction, memoir, espionage/thriller, and sci-fi. Without getting into detail, because that would soon mean spoiling. It’s a dramatic mysterious story and you keep wondering who is who, what am I missing, who did what… in the end, it all fell into place for me (I think). I absolutely loved the story telling of Iris, the sister of Laura. Iris, an old lady now, tells the story of her family, her father, her sister Laura, her political and unloving husband Richard and gruesome sister in law Winifred… It’s a story of tragedy, love, guilt, power and powerlessness. … one delves into an Atwood with the thought "What effect is she trying to convey" always, ALWAYS at the forefront of your mind. She is a master magician, & one inevitably always needs to see the strings behind her "tricks." This novel is a crazy ice meteor shot through the heart of a Virginia Woolf novel. The further you get into it, the more your fingers feel every fiber on every rough cut page. You don't just begin to smell the book; page after page, you almost begin to taste the ink. Atwood doesn't write from the head, the crotch or the gut. She soul-butts you. Her words bite and kick your trash on every level. Reviews from various reviewers:Reviews"The first great novel of the new millennium." Newsday "Margaret Atwood is one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists alive." Literary Review(U.K.) "An example of a writer at the very peak of her performance....As it delves into the kinds of relationships that can exist between men and women and the rich and poor, it becomes a compassionate and utterly honest book. It is profound and touching. It is to be treasured." Edmonton Journal "Atwood performs a spectacular sleight of hand, fashioning a bewitching, brilliantly layered story of how people see only what they wish to." Entertainment Weekly "Dazzling and entertaining...." Globe and Mail " The Blind Assassinis quite simply Atwood's most emotional, yearning, heartfelt, sexy, and elegiac book ever." Quill & Quire "Atwood has never written with more flair and versatility than in this multidimensional novel. A brilliant accomplishment." Sunday Times(U.K.) "Boldly imagined and brilliantly executed." Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "There is no presence more formidably protean than Margaret Atwood's in Canadian culture....[ The Blind Assassin] will alternately charm and beguile its readers." Winnipeg Free Press "Stories spin within stories in this spellbinding novel of avarice, love, and revenge...." Booklist(U.S.) (starred review) "A tour de force." Chicago Tribune "Sumptuous and compelling....." Toronto Star " The Blind Assassinis the kind of story so full of intrigue and desperation that you take it to bed with you simply because you can't bear to put it down....It's one thing to write an accomplished novel; it's another entirely to spin a tale so brilliantly that the reader internalizes it." Harper's Bazaar "Atwood is a dazzling storyteller with a distinctive voice and an ear attuned to irony." London Free Press "Margaret Atwood is one of the greatest writers alive....A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters....[ The Blind Assassin] is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." Atlanta Journal-Constitution From the Hardcover edition.MH______________ WOW! I wrote a book!!! — Want to take a look??? ———just go to my ebay store category... A: Cthulhu's Cousins. CLICK HERE______________For all "buy it now" items, please use ADD TO CART if you plan to order more than one item at the same time.

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