Good Bones
These wise and witty writings home in on Shakespeare, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies (male and female), and theology, amongst other matters. We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves,and a...
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These wise and witty writings home in on Shakespeare, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies (male and female), and theology, amongst other matters. We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves,and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong. Good Bones is pure distilled Atwood - deliciously strong and bittersweet.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853816154 (1853816159)
Publish date: September 9th 1993
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Anthologies,
Feminism,
Collections,
Contemporary,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
A small collection of stories, mostly short. Some are funny, some are thoughtful and a few provoking, and then there are quite a few that I didn't get anything out of. I suspect others may feel the same, but pick different favourites.
This collection includes Atwood’s short story “The Female Body”, which is something that Barbie in her current Unapologetic Ad Campaign should read. Atwood’s collection is short fiction. Most of the stories are two pages, and the longest is five. Despite the short length of the pi...
Good bones is a collection of short stories; some very funny, some more serious.I really enjoyed the first five or six stories, after that it was a bit downhill for me, nonetheless they were still good.The subjects vary from a interior monologue from Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother — why all went...
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