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Stone Mattress is a 2014 short fiction collection by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. [1] . Atwood describes the pieces in the collection as "tales" rather than short stories, as they draw from the mythical and fantastical aspects associated with fables and fairy tales, rather than from conventional literary realism. [1] Contents.
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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- 2014
- 2014
Sep 24, 2014 · Book Review: 'Stone Mattress,' By Margaret Atwood | In her latest collection, Margaret Atwood takes on death, dreadfulness and the use of fantasy. Though these stories are strange and wild,...
Aug 28, 2014 · 25,251 ratings2,980 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Fiction (2014) A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband.
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Overview. Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales is a 2014 collection of nine short stories from Canadian author Margaret Atwood. While Atwood has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she is probably best known for her dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale.
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Sep 19, 2014 · Sept. 19, 2014. “Stone Mattress,” Margaret Atwood’s first collection since “Moral Disorder” in 2006, begins with three linked stories about women who have been romantically involved with a...
First Published: Sep 2014, 288 pages. Paperback: Jun 2015, 304 pages. Genres. Rate this book. Book Reviewed by: Lucy Rock Buy This Book. About this Book. Summary. Excerpt. Book Summary. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships.
Jun 23, 2015 · And in the title story, a woman who has killed four husbands discovers an opportunity to exact vengeance on the first man who ever wronged her. Stone Mattress is a collection of unforgettable tales that reveal the grotesque, delightfully wicked facets of humanity. Print length. 304 pages. Language.
