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Blind Assassin : A Novel by Margaret Atwood (2001, Trade Paperback)
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The narrative begins with the mysterious death of Laura Chase in 1945 and unfolds through the recollections of her sister, Iris, decades later. This intricate story-within-a-story structure gradually reveals the secrets and tragedies that have haunted the Chase family.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385720955
ISBN-139780385720953
eBay Product ID (ePID)2071666
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlind Assassin : a Novel
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, Science Fiction / General, Historical, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2001
GenreFiction
AuthorMargaret Atwood
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-462109
Reviews"The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." -- The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." -- The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." -- The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." -- The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." -- Chicago Tribune, "The first great novel of the new millennium." --Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." --The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune From the Trade Paperback edition., "The first great novel of the new millennium." --Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." --The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune, "The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune, "The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune, ONE OF THE ATLANTIC' S 15 BOOKS YOU WON'T REGRET RE-READING "The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune, BOOKER PRIZE WINNER * ONE OF THE ATLANTIC' S 15 BOOKS YOU WON'T REGRET RE-READING "The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune, BOOKER PRIZE WINNER * A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME * ONE OF THE ATLANTIC' S 15 BOOKS YOU WON'T REGRET RE-READING "The first great novel of the new millennium." -- Newsday "Absorbing... expertly rendered... Virtuosic storytelling [is] on display." -- The New York Times "Brilliant... Opulent... Atwood is a poet.... as well as a contriver of fiction, and scarcely a sentence of her quick, dry yet avid prose fails to do useful work, adding to a picture that becomes enormous." --John Updike, The New Yorker "Chilling... Lyrical... [Atwood's] most ambitious work to date." --The Boston Globe "Hauntingly powerful.... A novel of luminous prose, scalpel-precise insights and fierce characters... Atwood's new work is so assured, so elegant and so incandescently intelligent, she casts her contemporaries in the shade." --The Atlanta Journal--Constitution "Grand storytelling on a grand scale... Sheerly enjoyable." --The Washington Post Book World "Bewitching... A killer novel.... Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton... A wonderfully complex narrative." --The Christian Science Monitor "A tour de force." --Chicago Tribune
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SynopsisFrom 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., The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative, beginning with the mysterious death 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., T he New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative, beginning with the mysterious death 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.
LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.A8 B55 2000
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Story of a story
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