by Margaret Atwood A review In November 1843 at a Toronto court, Grace Marks was tried and convicted as an accessory to the murder of her employer, Thomas Kinnear. She was sentenced to death, a penalty later commuted to life imprisonment, following pressure from various public groups, who pointed in mitigation to her extreme youth …
Tag: Margaret Atwood
Old Babes in the Wood
by Margaret Atwood What more can be said of Margaret Atwood, more than has been said already by countless readers? Novelist, poet, essayist, children's writer, it seems she has been around for a very long time. She has; her first book was published in 1961. And can she go on churning out these wonderful, inspirational, …
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood A Review 'Just look at Tirzah! She sits there, With her strands of vagrant hair; See her down the sidewalk stride, Head held high and full of pride. See her catch the guardian's glance, Tempt him to sinful circumstance. Never does she change her way, Never does she kneel to pray! Soon …
Forthcoming Reviews
It seems ages since I last wrote on WordPress. I had to take some time off to deal with important domestic matters and - just as important - to have a holiday! I'm back now, and with lots of great books to read and review. Here are some of the novels and non fiction works …
In Other Worlds
(SF and the Human Imagination) by Margaret Atwood A review In this non-fiction work, dedicated to her fellow sci-fi and fantasy writer, the late Ursula Le Guin, Margaret Atwood talks about the literary influences of her childhood. A series of essays and book reviews of works that have inspired her, In Other Worlds takes the …
Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood 'Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel. And be quick, thou'rt best to answer other business.' [Prospero to Caliban, The Tempest] From the off, we suspect that Hag-Seed might be be Atwood at her most provocatively outrageous. However, post-prologue, the novel settles down to a semblance of normality. Felix is sacked as artistic …
Maddaddam
by Margaret Atwood '.... [A]nyone who liked smelling daisies, and having daisies to smell, and eating mercury-free fish, and who objected to giving birth to three-eyed infants via the toxic sludge in their drinking water was a demon-possessed Satanic minion of darkness, hell-bent on sabotaging the American Way and God's Holy Oil, which were one …
Goodreads and Me
I just don't know what to do with my bookshelf? (with apologies to the late Dusty Springfield) A few days ago I mentioned [https://bookheathen.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/novel-priorities/]that Amazon had transferred some of my 'data' from an old platform to Goodreads. I've been having a look at what they've done: It's a bit of a jungle. Every entry has …
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