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The Tent

Margaret Atwood

Hardcover | Pages: 159 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 5814 Users | 604 Reviews

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Title	:	The Tent
Author	:	Margaret Atwood
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 159 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2006 by Nan A. Talese
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Poetry. Cultural. Canada. Writing. Essays. Literature. Literary Fiction

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One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has penned a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her popular books Good Bones and Murder in the Dark, punctuated with wonderful illustrations by the author. Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly imaginative, vintage Atwoodian mini-fictions speak on a broad range of subjects, reflecting the times we live in with deadly accuracy and knife-edge precision.

In pieces ranging in length from a mere paragraph to several pages, Atwood gives a sly pep talk to the ambitious young; writes about the disconcerting experience of looking at old photos of ourselves; gives us Horatio's real views on Hamlet; and examines the boons and banes of orphanhood. Bring Back Mom: An Invocation; explores what life was really like for the "perfect" homemakers of days gone by, and in The Animals Reject Their Names she runs history backward, with surprising results.

Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, The Tent is vintage Atwood, enhanced by the author's delightful drawings.

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Original Title:	The Tent
ISBN:	0385516681 (ISBN13: 9780385516686)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.69 From 5814 Users | 604 Reviews

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Really, really enjoyed this! Its a collection of super short stories that felt more personal that anything Ive read from Atwood yet. I really loved Voice especially, but a lot of the stories focused on Atwoods career as a writer. I adore Margaret Atwood, so I was all about it. Heres a list of my very favorites : Impenetrable Forest Voice Resources of the Ikarians Its Not Easy Being Half Divine Three Novels I Wont Write Soon Bring Back Mom : An Invocation King Log In Exile Faster Nightingale

These barbed little snippets of stories are mostly parables and ironic commentaries that nail our current social disturbances with a fierce precision and acid wit.This is a great carry around book, with the caution that you might find yourself snorting out loud in the grocery lineup.

For the record, this is the first time I've actually finished a Margaret Atwood book. I've tried 3 times, 3 separate books, over the last 15 years to read her. I always find her books incredibly intriguing, but then I always for some reason lose interest (The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin) or get frustrated with her writing style (The Handmaid's Tale). But I'm obviously in the minority here - many people I know whose opinions I respect and honor LOVE Margaret Atwood and probably think I'm

A diverse collection of short stories.

The Tent is an undoubtedly impressive, thought-provoking little piece of CanLit and some of Margaret Atwood's most memorable work.

This is a collection of very short pieces. They range from the image of a dead cat torturing the souls of wicked people in cat heaven to Chicken Little being rebuffed by modern attempts to deny climate change, from dreamscapes to literary reimagining. These are very clever and sometimes quite funny.