Autor Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood je kanadská spisovateľka, poetka, feministická a politická aktivistka. Je nositeľkou viacerých prestížnych literárnych ocenení vrátane Bookerovej ceny. Román Príbeh služobníčky potvrdzuje jej povesť veľkej prozaičky. Vo svojej tvorbe…
Dejiny sa neopakujú, ale rýmujú. Keď v roku 1985 Margaret Atwood vydala román Príbeh služobníčky, kniha vzbudila zaslúžený ohlas, ktorý neutíchol viac-menej dodnes. Aj jeho pokračovanie Svedectvá vzbudilo veľký záujem čitateľov aj kritikov - autorka…
Kanadská spisovateľka Margaret Atwood v historickom románe Volali ma Grace spracovala prípad vraždy Thomasa Kinneara a jeho gazdinej Nancy Montgomeryovej, ku ktorej došlo v roku 1843 v Hornej Kanade. Zo zločinu obvinili a na trest smrti odsúdili dvoch…
Nejnovější povídkovou tvorbu oceňované kanadské autorky rámují reflexe šťastného soužití a proměny času po ztrátě nejbližší bytosti. Nejen věnování zesnulému Graemu Gibsonovi, s nímž spisovatelka sdílela téměř padesát let, zájmy i příznačný smysl pro…
Vyše osemdesiatročná Iris Chaseová, protagonistka tohto rozsiahleho a pozoruhodného románu, spomína na svoj pohnutý život, najmä na tragickú smrť svojej mladšej sestry Laury. Jej rozprávanie obsiahne takmer celé 20. storočie s mnohými turbulentnými udalosťami,…
A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's iconic dystopian novel. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford…
The instant number one bestseller from the legendary Margaret AtwoodMy heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don't say, 'My heart is broken.' We say, 'Are there any cookies?'In this dazzling collection of stories we meet beloved cats, George…
From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How can we…
Winner of the Man Booker Prize By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated…
Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return. Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread:…
A FUN AND FEARLESS ANTHOLOGY OF FEMINIST TALES, to celebrate Virago's 50th birthday, featuring NEW AND ORIGINAL STORIES by Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline…
Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsA man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's intimate life is strangely…
A clever and addictive thriller from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Rennie Wilford is a young journalist running from her life. When she takes an assignment to a Caribbean island she tumbles into a world where no one…
From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Dancing Girls and Other Stories showcases Margaret Atwood's masterly skill for storytelling. Students, journalists, farmers, birdwatchers, ex-wives, adolescent lovers - and dancing girls.…
Life Before Man is a tragicomic tale of love seeking to find its way in the wake of death from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsElizabeth has just lost her latest lover to suicide while Nate, her husband, is working up…
A dazzling collection of fifteen stories from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. These stories…
Collected essays and journalism from the bestselling author of The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake. First publication.
The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood ? a manmade plague ? has ended…
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's…
By the author of The Handmaid's Tale Now a major NETFLIX series Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around…
A young woman returns to northern Quebec to the remote island of her childhood, with her lover and two friends, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realise that going home means entering not…
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's TaleThis brilliant collection of connected short stories strings together several decades of moments in the life of one womanas an ambitious girl in the 1930s, as a young professional coming…
From the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Handmaid's TaleIn this extraordinary collection, Margaret Atwood gives us nine unforgettable tales that reveal the grotesque, delightfully wicked facets of humanity. ';Alphinland,' the first of three…
* EATING FIRE - Margaret Atwood's poetry - reissued with a stunning new jacket along with other titles from Margaret Atwood's backlist