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Surfacing

by Margaret Atwood

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ISBN13: 9780385491051
ISBN10: 0385491050
Condition: Standard
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Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, "Surfacing" is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. "Surfacing" is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer about contemporary life and nature, families and marriage, and about women fragmented...and becoming whole.

About the Author

MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than twenty-five books, including fiction, poetry, and essays. Her most recent works include the bestselling novels Alias Grace and The Robber Bride and the collections Wilderness Tips and Good Bones and Simple Murders. She lives in Toronto.

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Angela, April 27, 2006 (view all comments by Angela)
This book was reccommended to me as my introduction to Atwood's work. A beautiful book! Atwood takes you on an enthralling journey which at times becomes uncomfortable, but her ability to affect the reader in that way amazes me. She adds a touch of the bizarre in the end and there is no other way to describe it. This also runs rampant in another of her wonderful works, Oryx and Crake. It is bizarre to me because she is never afraid to say what others would never even touch. I am consuming this wonderful honesty!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385491051
Author:
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Author:
Atwood, Margaret
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Canada
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Women artists
Subject:
Missing persons
Subject:
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Subject:
Quâebec
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Quebec (Province)
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Anchor books ed.
Series Volume:
107-59
Publication Date:
March 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.11x5.14x.56 in. .50 lbs.

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