The blind assassin: A Novel
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Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist.For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. 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. The novel has many threads and a series of events that follow one another at a breathtaking pace. As everything comes together, readers will discover that the story Atwood is telling is not only what it seems to be--but, in fact, much more.The Blind Assassin proves once again that Atwood is one of the most talented, daring, and exciting writers of our time. Like The Handmaid's Tale, it is destined to become a classic.
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9780385475723
9780307428172
9780307428172
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UG
Level 6.8, 30 Points
Level 6.8, 30 Points
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Grouping Title | blind assassin |
Grouping Author | margaret atwood |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2021-01-25 04:51:33AM |
Last Indexed | 2021-01-25 05:07:11AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | 9780385475723 |
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display_description | From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative. The novel begins with the mysterious death—a possible suicide—of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Decades later, Laura's sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family's history. Intertwined with Iris's account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet. These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Domestic fiction Psychological fiction Sisters -- Death -- Fiction Widows -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The blind assassin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Blind Assassin A Novel The blind assassin / Margaret Atwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The blind assassin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | A Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Death Domestic fiction Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery Psychological fiction Science Fiction Sisters Widows |