The Tent - Hardcover

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385516681 ISBN 13: 9780385516686

Publisher: Nan a Talese, 2006

Synopsis

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, it is perfect for Valentine’s Day, and any other occasion that demands a special, out-of-the-ordinary gift.

About this title

Review:

"[Atwood] is an accomplished miniaturist. . . . She can pack more wallop into less space than any other writer in her weight class."
--"Globe and Mail
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"Atwood infuses [her] bracing little narratives with the full force of her drollness, anger, shrewdness, sass, and humor."
--"Booklist"
"She never fails to entertain."
--"Sunday Times" (U.K.)

Praise for "Good Bones" and "Simple Murders
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"Open to any page and you'll find a little gem." --"Chicago Tribune
""When Margaret Atwood is good, she's very good. And when she's barbed, she's better." --"Seattle Times
""ÝAtwood¨ proves she is an accomplished miniaturist...She can pack more wallop into less space than any other writer in her weight class." --"Toronto Globe and Mail"

Praise for "Bluebeards's Egg"
"Atwood's crisp wit and steely realism are reminiscent of Edith Wharton." --Christian Science Monitor
"Margaret Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page." --"The Washington Post
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" Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
" She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone."
-- Katherine Dunn, "The Oregonian"
" Atwood's sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood." -- "The Times "(London)
" "The Tent" exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony."
-- "The Observer"

"Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch." --"Los Angeles Times""She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone." --Katherine Dunn, "The Oregonian""Atwood's sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood." --"The Times "(London)""The Tent" exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony." --"The Observer"

Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch. Los Angeles Times She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone. Katherine Dunn, The Oregonian Atwood s sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood. The Times (London) The Tent exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony. The Observer"

Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch. Los Angeles Times

She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone. Katherine Dunn, The Oregonian
"Atwood s sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood. The Times (London)

The Tent exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony. The Observer

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"Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch." --Los Angeles Times

"She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone." --Katherine Dunn, The Oregonian

"Atwood's sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood." --The Times (London)

"The Tent exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony." --The Observer

From the Publisher:

A witty, deliciously, viciously entertaining new collection
from one of our finest authors. Illustrated by Margaret Atwood herself,
with seven black-and-white drawings

About this edition

• Publisher: Nan a Talese
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0385516681
• ISBN 13: 9780385516686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158