Surfacing - Softcover

Atwood, Margaret

3.45

26,584 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771008600 ISBN 13: 9780771008603

Publisher: Emblem Editions, 1999

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Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a young woman who returns to northern Quebec, to the remote island of her childhood, with her lover and two friends, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realize that going home means entering not only another place, but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold and she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she discovers that what she is really searching for is her own past. Permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose, Surfacing has grown in reputation as a novel unique in modern literature for its mythic exploration of one woman’s spiritual pilgrimage.
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'One of the most important novels of the twentieth century utterly remarkable' New York Times 'Utterly absorbing and satisfying' Sunday Times 'A stunning and satisfying book' Time Out 'A deep understanding of human behaviour' Marilyn French

Book Description:

Atwood's second novel, hailed by the New York Times as 'one of the most important novels of the twentieth century'.
An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize

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