MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and her most recent, Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace.
Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, Moral Disorder, with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, Alias Grace. A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in "Alphinland," the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists. In "The Freeze-Dried Bridegroom," a man who bids on an auctioned storage space has a surprise. In "Lusus Naturae," a woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In "Torching the Dusties," an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. And in "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.
Amazon.com Review
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2014: “Stop trying to pimp me out to all these groupies,” a famous author and infamous cad utters in “Revenant,” one of three cleverly interconnected tales that begin Margaret Atwood’s superbly sardonic Stone Mattress. He is referring to an impending visit from an infatuated graduate student who is supposedly writing a thesis about his sonnets…which aren’t really sonnets (long story). Naveena—her name, he derisively but accurately points out, “sounds like cheese food slices. Or better—like a hair-removal cream”—is insufferable enough to be sure. The depiction makes yours truly nervous to be writing this review, but it’s all part of the fun, and these tales are fun, which is odd considering the sinister current that runs through many of them. But it’s as if the reader is privy to some sort of inside joke. This is especially evident in “The Dead Hand Loves You,” when Atwood playfully skewers the horror genre then gleefully indulges in it, and the ominously tongue-in-cheek “Torching the Dusties.” Fans of Margaret Atwood will certainly delight in this collection. But beware, the Stone Mattress will make groupies of old and new readers alike. –Erin Kodicek
Review
"Witty and frequently biting ... this book’s stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary."
—The New York Times Book Review
"In Stone Mattress [Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!"
—Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times
"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment."
—O Magazine
"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful."
—Boston Globe
"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood’s novels."
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."
—Miami Herald
"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."
—Booklist, starred review
"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."
—Kirkus Reviews
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咒語始於一場暴風雪 亡者在幻境中吐露真言 枯竭的詩人不過是故事的注腳 (他在酒桶中永生) 黑發黑眼的女獵手並未贏得桂冠 (石巢封印 毒蜂噬心) 所有人終將老去 除瞭毛皮茂密、指甲血紅的少女 (她在滿月之夜及時墜入火海) 誘惑與安慰 都來源於妄想 化作黑寡婦、斑點狗 ...
評分終於看完英文版的!(不過好像就是其中一個故事而已) 生詞太多 查完看完覺得還是值得的 喜歡這種人性剖析的作品 看完之後 覺得女主其實很可憐 因為14歲時的悲劇遭遇 完全變成瞭一個偏執而可怕的人 殺死有罪的人在她心裏是正義的 可是她又是痛苦的 每一任丈夫的死亡或多或少都和她...
評分齣生於1939年的加拿大作傢瑪格麗特·阿特伍德已逾古稀之年,她的名字依舊常常齣現在諾貝爾文學奬的陪跑名單中。距她的成名作《可以吃的女人》齣版已有將近50年,但這位天蠍座的女巫婆婆並沒有停下創作的腳步,依然狡黠地揮舞著魔杖為讀者們施展法術。2013年完成末世三部麯的終...
評分齣生於1939年的加拿大作傢瑪格麗特·阿特伍德已逾古稀之年,她的名字依舊常常齣現在諾貝爾文學奬的陪跑名單中。距她的成名作《可以吃的女人》齣版已有將近50年,但這位天蠍座的女巫婆婆並沒有停下創作的腳步,依然狡黠地揮舞著魔杖為讀者們施展法術。2013年完成末世三部麯的終...
評分咒語始於一場暴風雪 亡者在幻境中吐露真言 枯竭的詩人不過是故事的注腳 (他在酒桶中永生) 黑發黑眼的女獵手並未贏得桂冠 (石巢封印 毒蜂噬心) 所有人終將老去 除瞭毛皮茂密、指甲血紅的少女 (她在滿月之夜及時墜入火海) 誘惑與安慰 都來源於妄想 化作黑寡婦、斑點狗 ...
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隻讀過stone mattress 和torching the dusties 很辛辣的風格啊 喜歡喜歡
評分隻讀瞭石床墊一篇,用詞和結構精妙,前半部分氛圍緊張,後麵故事不免俗氣
評分隻讀過stone mattress 和torching the dusties 很辛辣的風格啊 喜歡喜歡
評分青年嬉皮老瞭以後的一些茶杯風暴,最大的恐懼大概就是住高級老人院被憤怒的青年燒瞭或者參加高級旅行團被前女友殺瞭。但還蠻好看的,比如開頭幾個不同視角的同一個故事。瑪格麗特大概覺得自己也可以寫類型小說,好幾個故事主人公都是奇幻或恐怖紅作傢。老人嘴都很賤,說為什麼要打舌釘,把舌頭弄成鉚釘衣的反麵。
評分隻讀瞭石床墊一篇,用詞和結構精妙,前半部分氛圍緊張,後麵故事不免俗氣
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