Stone Mattress: Nine Tales - Hardcover

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410476251 ISBN 13: 9781410476258

Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc, 2015

Synopsis

The award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale presents a collection of short stories that features such protagonists as a widowed writer who is guided by her late husband's voice and a woman whose genetic abnormality causes her to be mistaken for a vampire. (story collections).

About this title

Review:

"STUNNING...Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review

"SHREWDLY BRILLIANT, GLEEFULLY MISCHIEVOUS, AND ACERBICALLY HILARIOUS...Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."--"Booklist", starred review

"Clever tales about writers and lovers...ATWOOD IS A PLAYFUL, SHARP-EDGED, AND POLITICALLY ALERT AUTHOR."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels."--"Minneapolis Star Tribune
"
"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."--"Miami Herald
"
"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."--"Booklist," starred review
"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Witty and frequently biting ... this book's stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary."
--"The New York Times Book Review
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"In "Stone Mattress" [Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!"
--Ursula K Le Guin, "Financial Times
"
"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment."
--"O" Magazine
"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful."
--"Boston Globe
"
"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels."
--"Minneapolis Star Tribune
"
"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."
--"Miami Herald
"
"[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."
--"Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."
--"Booklist," starred review
"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."
--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Witty and frequently biting ... this book s stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary."
"The New York Times Book Review
"
"In"Stone Mattress"[Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!"
Ursula K Le Guin, "Financial Times
"
"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment."
"O"Magazine
"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful."
"Boston Globe
"
"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood s novels."
"Minneapolis Star Tribune
"
"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."
"Miami Herald
"
"[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun."
"Chicago Tribune"
"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."
"Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ...Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."
"Booklist," starred review
"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."
"Kirkus Reviews""

"Witty and frequently biting ... this book s stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary."
The New York Times Book Review

"InStone Mattress[Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!"
Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times

"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment."
OMagazine

"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful."
Boston Globe

"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood s novels."
Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."
Miami Herald

"[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun."
Chicago Tribune

"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."
Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ...Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."
Booklist, starred review

"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."
Kirkus Reviews

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Book Description:

Nine darkly humorous tales from one of today's greatest writers

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1410476251
• ISBN 13: 9781410476258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409