Curious Pursuits
Occasional Writing
$31.10
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2006
Summary
Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can’t refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no.
Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and poet. Ranging from book reviews of John Updike and Toni Morrison to an appreciation of Dashiell Hammet; an acco…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844081509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844081508 |
| Author: | Margaret Atwood |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 124mm x 34mm |
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For admirers of her books, it is a goldmine - Sunday Times
Reminds one that Atwood is a superbly funny (as well as serious) writer; her wit is winningly relaxed and genial as well as sharp - SpectatorThe glimpses into the writing process and her reflections on identity will delight fans of her novels, who will also recognise flashes of her mordant wit - TimesAbout The Author
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace and Oryx and Crake have all been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Blind Assassin won the 2000 Booker Prize.
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