The blind assassin /
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor.
The blind assassin / Margaret Atwood. - 1st Anchor books ed. - New York : Random House, 2001. - 521 pages ; 21 cm
The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura?s story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.
0385720955 9780385720953
Sisters--Death--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Man Booker Prize.
Man Booker Prize.
Sisters--Death.
Widows.
Fiction.
PR9199.3.A8 / B55 2001
The blind assassin / Margaret Atwood. - 1st Anchor books ed. - New York : Random House, 2001. - 521 pages ; 21 cm
The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura?s story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.
0385720955 9780385720953
Sisters--Death--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Man Booker Prize.
Man Booker Prize.
Sisters--Death.
Widows.
Fiction.
PR9199.3.A8 / B55 2001