- Social life and customs, Fiction, Canadian fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author)
These short fictions and prose poems are beautifully bizarre: bread can no longer be thought of as wholesome comforting loaves; the pretensions of the male chef are subjected to a light roasting; a poisonous brew is concocted by cynical five year olds; and knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.
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Contemporary, spare, prestige and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 90
- Publisher
- KRK, Coach House Press, McClelland & Stewart
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- German, English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9780889102583
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays, including 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her work has been published in over 40 countries, and a number of her works have been adapted for film and television. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel *The Handmaid's Tale,* and her novels also include *Cat's Eye,* shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the
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