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4 reviews
Margaret Laurence

New Canadian Library, 2009

An amazing journey of a woman finally finding herself
At first I thought of Rachel as paranoid and on the edge of sanity; however, by the end of the novel she has found her self and her voice. Her thoughts and feelings towards her mother and sister are so realistic, even if they seem unsettling at times. It was enlightening to be a part of her journey towards self-discovery and strength.

First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

4 reviews
Margaret Atwood

audible.com

Perfect for teachers or aspiring writers!
FIRST WORDS was an expected find which has become a favorite gift. It allows the reader to turn back time and see the beginnings of a future writer. For aspiring writers it is both an education and an inspiration to see early stages of becoming a writer. For teachers it is an invaluable tool. 1-It demonstrates to the compulsively driven perfectionists in our classrooms that even those now ...

Margaret Atwood: Vision and Forms (Ad Feminam)

2 reviews
Kathryn VanSpanckeren, Jan Garden Castro

Southern Illinois University Press, 1988

Brilliant!
Margaret Atwood is one of my all-time favorite authors. I probably almost finished at least 2 of her books. But this one-this one I relished. Why? Because it is unparalleled in this world. It is one of the greatest books ever written that is not in Oprah's book club. I shall now use the thesaurus. It is recherche. It is worth its weight in gold. It is a giltedged, exquisite, in seipso totus teres ...

Power Politics

3 reviews
Margaret Atwood

House Of Anansi, 1996

still relevant, still potent
"you fit into me like a hook into an eye a fish hook an open eye" Twenty-five years after its first publication, Margaret Atwood's verses still retain their power -- her imagery still startles and disturbs; her insights are still relevant. As Sharon Thesen has written, Power Politics is "astonishing, notorious, a classic." Atwood is better-known as the Booker-Prize-winning author of ...

Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews

3 reviews

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989

This is a first-rate book.
This book of interviews with women writers, originally done for the Paris Review, is the finest book I have ever encountered on women writing or doing any committed creative work. There's really nothing like it out there. It is a prize in itself.

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

2 reviews

Cambridge University Press, 1988

Excellent resource for teaching or taking college courses.
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a wide array of supplementary reading material to accompany lecture notes or for students to grasp overall concepts of a particular work, author, or literary movement.

Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy

1 review

Harbour, 2000

One of Canada's finest
One of the last things Al Purdy worked on before his death last year (1999? or was it 2000? I forget the exact date) was a definitive edition of his collected poems; he helped select these, and wrote a preface. Coming just a few years after a previous anthology of his work, this edition incorporates much material from Purdy's later years, including his touching and apt lament for his friend ...

Selected Poems: 1965-1975

2 reviews
Margaret Eleanor Atwood

Topeka Bindery, 1987

A Beautiful Composition
I first became interested in Ms. Atwood after reading one of her poems from Power Politics in a college text book: you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/ an open eye/ a fish hook.. Selected Poems, 1965-1975 was my first purchase of her poetry, and I was not disappointed. This book is an exquisite example of Margaret Atwood's vivid imagery and examination of human relationships. One poem ...

Oryx Y Crake

3 reviews
Margaret Eleanor Atwood

Ediciones B, 2004

A masterpiece!!!
This book will keep you hooked from start to finish. It's post apocaliptic plot it's sad, disturbing, schocking...Brilliant.

Three Rivers: The Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness

3 reviews
Juri Peepre, Margaret Atwood, ...

Harbour Publishing, 2006

Accessing a great wilderness area..... GerryM
After visiting the yukon(from Australia)and travelling by road I was interested in learning about more inaccessable areas of the Yukon. The book is first and foremost a photographic journey in the great boreal wilderness area by way of the Snake, Bonnet Plume and Wind rivers. The photographs are spectacular but are accompanied by well written text and great descriptive writing by a number of ...

From Eve to Dawn, A History of Women in the World, Volume I: Origins: From Prehistory to the First Millennium ...

1 review
Marilyn French

The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2008

A complete history spanning from prehistory forward on the state of womankind through the ages
Fifty percent of the population from the emergence of humanity has been women - surely, they have done something worth writing about. "From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World" is a complete history spanning from prehistory forward on the state of womankind through the ages. A deftly researched look at the contributions to civilization of the fairer sex in law, society, war, and numerous ...

Good Bones

1 review
Margaret Atwood

Virago Press Ltd, 1994

Short snippets of Atwood's glorious style
Some days, you simply don't have the attention span required of you for reading good books. Sometimes, I find even short stories too taxing and poetry much too dense to absorb properly. That's when Good Bones will come in handy, for it will provide doses of short, potent prose. It's a tiny little book, with tiny short stories (three or four pages on average) that are clever, intriguing and shot ...

Peter Doig: Works on Paper

1 review
Kadee Robbins

Rizzoli, 2006

For what this book is, page after page of drawings, you cant ask for more
Doig has been gaining quite a following over the last few years. His art is exploratory and innovative in my mind. More than anything his work is about the mark and texture along with its correspondence to mood and composition. So what this book does so very well is give the viewer a full breadth of his work on paper basically over six or so years. What I found missing that I would have ...

Ground Works: Avante-Garde for Thee

1 review
Christian Bök

House Of Anansi, 2003

Look at it as an opportunity
It's a collection of writing from radically different writers, writing in radically different styles. In fact, that's what this is an anthology of. Because of that, you may not read through the whole thing with a smile on your face. But that's not the point. It's here to introduce some of the Canadian writers who have tried to do something differently. Not every author is going to hit it off ...

Murder in the Dark

1 review
Margaret Atwood

Coach House Books, 1983

Caustic. Comforting. A necessary companion to all writers.
Murders In The Dark leaves me speechless. It's a book that panders to my short attention span-- full of short short stories, commentaries, and other artistic pieces. The best, in my opinion, is "The Page," a work that explains writing to me better than any other work I've come in contact with to date. Atwood has spunk (and a dark side). She's coming to speak at my school next semester (SUNY ...

Canongate Myth Series: Includes A Short History of Myth, The Penelopiad, Weight, and Dream Angus (Myths, The)

1 review
Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, ...

Canongate U.S., 2006

Great Series
There is an amazing new series of books being published. The first three have just been released in 32 countries and 30 languages. The project is the brainchild of Jamie Byng,a publisher at Cognate books. The series was launched October 22nd, 2005 after nearly seven years of work. Their goal was to assemble some of the top authors in the world and have them re-tell a myth or legend in their words ...

A Dolly Fashion Show!

1 review
Margaret W. Atwood

BookSurge Publishing, 2005

Absolutely adorable!
As the formatter for this book, I have to say that I really enjoyed putting this book together! My two girls really love the book - especially my youngest, who loves pictures of any dogs. Dolly is toooo cute with all her little outfits. She moves from month to month, changing outfits and telling the kids what she likes to do in that month. Derrick Horres has really outdone himself with this ...

The Myths: " A Short History of Myth " , " The Penelopiad " , " Weight " , " Dream Angus " , " Helmet of ...

1 review
Karen; Atwood, Margaret; Winterson, Jeanette; Grossman, David; Pelevin, Victor; McCall Smith, Alexander Armstrong

Canongate Books, 2006

Great Series
There is an amazing new series of books being published. The first three have just been released in 32 countries and 30 languages. The project is the brainchild of Jamie Byng,a publisher at Cognate books. The series was launched October 22nd, 2005 after nearly seven years of work. Their goal was to assemble some of the top authors in the world and have them re-tell a myth or legend in their words ...

The Mare's Egg

1 review
Carole Spray

Camden House, 1990

a comfy,curl-up kind of book for you and your grandchild.
I am 46 years old and it caught the attention of the child within . Fantastic imagery!Coloful pages made for colorful imagination. I'm not one for fantasy, fiction or likewise, but this book caught my attention on the very first page. It is rather soothing, I'm sure I'll be reading it to my grandchild after the discomforts of a tonsilectomy. ...

Le Tueur aveugle

1 review
Margaret Atwood, Michèle Albaret-Maatsch

Robert Laffont, 2002

Un merveilleux roman!
Je n'avais jamais lu de roman de Margaret Atwood mais ce livre m'a fait découvrir une grande écrivaine canadienne. Superbement écrit, lyrique, fascinant. Une vision unique de la femme dans cette époque. Le déchirement que les choix que nous faisons ont et auront sur notre vie. Le livre vous tient en haleine jusqu'au bout et le roman dans le roman est merveilleux. À lire absolument de même ...

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