by Margaret Atwood
I’m not sure how to react this. This shouldn’t happen. Moral Disorder is part of a literary movement that’s close to me. Stories about the daily lives of people grab me like no other. I can forgive many flaws – lack of characters, lack of narrative structure – if the events are vivid enough.Somethin...
This collection of linked short stories chronicles the life of a woman named Nell. The stories aren't in chronological order, but they begin with Nell's childhood and continue until she is in her 60s.I'm a huge fan of Margaret Atwood. She might be my favorite author ever, but I didn't like this book...
Margaret Atwood is the kind of writer who is hard to write about. She has a mastery and command of language that draws you in and wraps you up. I'm so glad I read this collection of stories!
What a wonderful read! If you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of an Atwood kick lately, and while this one is very different than her dystopian novels I've been reading, I absolutely LOVE getting lost in the lush prose word forests of such an incredible mind.This short story collection features ...
I am not a big fan of short stories in general. And I didn’t even know this was a collection of short stories because the blurb on the German edition (which I bought at a bargain!) did not make that very clear. After reading this I know why it failed to do so. This doesn’t feel like a collection of ...
I am not a big fan of short stories in general. And I didn’t even know this was a collection of short stories because the blurb on the German edition (which I bought at a bargain!) did not make that very clear. After reading this I know why it failed to do so. This doesn’t feel like a collection of ...
Listened to these stories over a couple of weeks of driving out from Boston to Western Massachusetts and came to really enjoy the family life portrayed in them. She elides years, worlds, relationships, yet there's enough here to build up a good book. I haven't read anything of Atwood's for years but...
Where would I be without Atwood. There's always something that saves me from being down in the dump&makes me feel someone does understand what I'm going through. This time it's in her story "My last duchess" with the following quote:"bye-bye love, as in songs. All alone now. It was so sad. Why did s...
What a wonderful read! If you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of an Atwood kick lately, and while this one is very different than her dystopian novels I've been reading, I absolutely LOVE getting lost in the lush prose word forests of such an incredible mind.This short story collection features ...
Atwood's writing is crisp, but the book is somewhat uneven. It straddles the line between novel and short story collection, not quite setting foot on either side. The stories aren't quite self-contained, but they're discreet enough that I can't quite consider them chapters in a novel. It's an intere...
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