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Jun 23, 2015 · Book Description. Editorial Reviews. From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—a thrilling, funny, and thought-provoking collection of stories that affirms Atwood as our greatest creator of worlds—and as an incisive chronicler of our darkest impulses.
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The nine tales in the collection are: [1] Alphinland - Set in Toronto, Constance's first love was Gavin, a poet. Constance created a sword-and-sorcery world called Alphinland which evolved over many years with great success. Gavin betrayed her and slept with Jorrie so Constance put him in an oak cask in Alphinland.
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood
- 288
- 2014
- 2014
Sep 30, 2014 · The following pieces delve into the realm of folklore ("Lusus Naturae") and psychological thrillers with a twist ("The Freeze-Dried Groom" and "Stone Mattress"), a return of characters from an earlier novel "The Robber Bride" ("I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth") and an dystopian tale set in an old folks' home ("Torching the Dusties").
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Sep 18, 2014 · A brilliant collection that playfully reveals the darker shadings of human experience. Both new readers of Margaret Atwood and those who know her earlier fiction will welcome her return to the short story genre with her first collection since Moral Disorder in 2006.
- Roberta Rubenstein
Sep 16, 2014 · And in "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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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Sep 24, 2014 · 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Stone Mattress. Nine Tales. By Margaret Atwood. Purchase. Some short-story writers seem to feel the need to show as many different sides of themselves as possible...
