Moral disorder: stories
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
Margaret Atwood is acknowledged as one of the foremost writers of our time. In Moral Disorder, she has created a series of interconnected stories that trace the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it—those of parents, of siblings, of children, of friends, of enemies, of teachers, and even of animals. As in a photograph album, time is measured in sharp, clearly observed moments. The ’30s, the ’40s, the ’50s, the ’60s, the ’70s, the ’80s, the ’90s, and the present —all are here. The settings vary: large cities, suburbs, farms, northern forests.“The Bad News” is set in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. The narrative then switches time as the central character moves through childhood and adolescence in “The Art of Cooking and Serving,” “The Headless Horseman,” and “My Last Duchess.” We follow her into young adulthood in “The Other Place” and then through a complex relationship, traced in four of the stories: “Monopoly,” “Moral Disorder,” “White Horse,” and “The Entities.” The last two stories, "The Labrador Fiasco" and "The Boys at the Lab," deal with the heartbreaking old age of parents but circle back again to childhood, to complete the cycle.By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking, and deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwood’s celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. As the New York Times has said: "The reader has the sense that Atwood has complete access to her people's emotional histories, complete understanding of their hearts and imaginations.”
More Details
ISBN:
9780385503846
9780739346389
9780739346389
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 008e33ad-0f3e-8fa9-9499-327488583ae1 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | moral disorder |
Grouping Author | margaret atwood |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2021-03-02 04:51:35AM |
Last Indexed | 2021-03-02 05:07:48AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | none |
Solr Details
accelerated_reader_point_value | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
accelerated_reader_reading_level | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author | Margaret Atwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author_display | Atwood, Margaret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
available_at_addison | Addison Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
collection_addison | Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
detailed_location_addison | 2nd Floor- Adult Books Online OverDrive Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
display_description | Atwood triumphs with these dazzling, personal stories in her first collection since Wilderness Tips. In these ten 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 birth of a baby, divorce and remarriage, old age and death. With settings ranging from Toronto, northern Quebec, and rural Ontario, the stories begin in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. Then the narrative goes back in time to the forties and moves chronologically forward toward the present. In “The Art of Cooking and Serving,” the twelve-year-old narrator does her best to accommodate the arrival of a baby sister. After she boldly declares her independence, we follow the narrator into young adulthood and then through a complex relationship. In “The Entities,” the story of two women haunted by the past unfolds. The magnificent last two stories reveal the heartbreaking old age of parents but circle back again to childhood, to complete the cycle. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking, and deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwood’s celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. This is vintage Atwood, writing at the height of her powers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_addison | Book eAudiobook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_category_addison | Audio Books Books eBook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | 008e33ad-0f3e-8fa9-9499-327488583ae1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
isbn | 9780385503846 9780739346389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
item_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
itype_addison | Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last_indexed | 2021-03-02T11:07:48.926Z | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lexile_score | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form | Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form_full | Fiction Short Stories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
local_callnumber_addison | FIC ATWOOD M. Online OverDrive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_library_addison | Addison Public Library Addison Public Library Online | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_location_addison | Addison Public Library Online OverDrive Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
primary_isbn | 9780385503846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
publishDate | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
record_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
recordtype | grouped_work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
scoping_details_addison
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | Autobiographical fiction, Canadian Short stories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Moral disorder : stories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Moral Disorder Moral disorder : stories / Margaret Atwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Moral disorder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | stories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Autobiographical fiction, Canadian Fiction Short Stories Short stories |