Iris was married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but is now poor and eighty-two, and living in Port Ticonderoga. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her...
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire: -
Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:Intrigued by contemporary reports of a sensational murder trial in 1843 Canada, Atwood has drawn a compelling portrait of what might have been.
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:In a world driven by shadowy, corrupt corporations and the uncontrolled development of new, gene-spliced life forms, a man-made pandemic occurs, obliterating human life. Two people find they have...
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:In these ten dazzling interrelated stories Atwood traces the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it, while evoking the drama and the humour that colour common experiences — the...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:“The outburst of cultural energy that took place in the 1960s was in part a product of the two decades that came before. It’s always difficult for young people to see their own time in perspective...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Literary arts -
Auteur: Beattie, Owen, Geiger, John, Davis, Wade, Atwood, MargaretSommaire:The revised text of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of nineteenth century British Arctic exploration and specifically the Franklin expedition, placing it in the context of other...
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:Legendary poet, novelist, and essayist Margaret Atwood gives us a surprising look at the topic of debt -- a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval, caused by the collapse of...
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Auteur: Wise, Leonard, Smart, Tom, Atwood, MargaretSommaire:An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is...
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Auteur: Atwood, Margaret, Petričić, DušanSommaire:Wordplay and outrageous adventures rule the day in these three humorous stories from Margaret Atwood, with illustrations by Dušan Petričić. Now published together in a chapter book for the first...
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Auteur: Atwood, Margaret, Buffam, SuzanneSommaire: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...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape...
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:Margaret Atwood's Power Politics first appeared in 1971, startling its audience with its vital dance of woman and man. It still startles, and is just as iconoclastic as ever. These poems occupy...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:The most precious treasure of this collection is that it gives us the rich back-story and diverse range of influences on Margaret Atwood's work. From the aunts who encouraged her nascent writing...
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Auteur: Atwood, MargaretSommaire:The fifty essays in Second Words span the period from 1962 to 1980 and reveal Margaret Atwood's views on feminism, Canadian literature, the creative process, nationalism, sexism, as well as...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays -
Auteur: Atwood, Margaret, Carrière, MarieSommaire:
“The outburst of cultural energy that took place in the 1960s was in part a product of the two decades that came before. It’s always difficult for young people to see their own time in perspective...
Genre: Literary arts, Canadian nonfiction