Good Bones - Softcover
These wise and witty writings home in on Shakespeare, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies (male and female), and theology, amongst other matters. We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves,and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong. Good Bones is pure distilled Atwood - deliciously strong and bittersweet.
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'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous and sardonic talents' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Savagely hilarous' THE LIST 'Her wit and humour are perfectly complemented by a penetrating eye for the false and absurd' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Full of fun and invention, with an edge that cuts through preconceptions...an entertaining sampler of Atwood's cleverness and imagination' NICOLETTE JONES, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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* 'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous and sardonic talents' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 088910431X
- ISBN 13 9780889104310
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. A very nice unread copy with price stamped on bottom edge. Good Bones is a cornucopia of good things - precise, witty, wise, offbeat Atwood writing, with the funny and side-long view of the world which her admirers will recognize at once. For those who have yet to savour the range of her invention, this is the place to start. Seller Inventory # 42779
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Good Bones.Bad News, Adventure Story, Alien Territory, Men at Sea, Stump Hunting, Dance of the Lepers, We Want it All, Death Scenes, Homelanding, Poppies: Three Variations, An Angel, My Life as a Bat, Hardball, The Little Red Hen Tells All, Epaulettes
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A tight, and unmarked copy.- " First Edition First Printing- flat uncreased spine. "This stimulating miscellany of fictions, meditations, flights of imagination and fantasy homes in on Shakespeare, bats, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies, male and female, the future, and theology, among other matters. Here the reader will learn ways with "practical and decorative" men (made out of gingerbread) or encounter Gertrude offering Hamlet a piece of her mind: "I'm not wringing my hands, I'm drying my nails!" Or a reincarnated bat explaining how Bram Stoker got Dracula all wrong." Contents include: Hardball / My Life as a Bat / Theology / An Angel / Poppies: Three Variations / Homelanding / Third Handed / Death Scenes / Four Small Paragraphs / We Wants it All / Dance of the Lepers / Good Bones / Bad News / The Little Red Hen Tells All / Gertrude Talks Back / There Was Once / Unpopular Gals / Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women / The Female Body / In Love With Raymond Chandler / Stump Hunting / Making a Man / Epaulettes / Cold-Blooded / Men at Sea / Alien Territory / Adventure Story. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 019466
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