The Edible Woman

Atwood, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0233961399 / ISBN 13: 9780233961392

Published by Andre Deutsch. London., 1969

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VG/VG. First British edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. Author's first book. Scarce first UK edition with the Kaye Bellman designed wrapper. 281 pp. Seller Inventory # 14005

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Edible Woman

Publisher: Andre Deutsch. London.

Publication Date: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Margaret Atwood's internationally-renowned first novel has been brilliantly adapted for stage by playwright Dave Carley. With wit, affection and dollops of irony, "The Edible Woman" traces the journey of Marian, a young woman who has embraced the consumer society. Marian has a good job, a handsome lawyer-fianc?, and a conventionally bright future. But slowly Marian's consumer world starts slipping out of focus, as she begins instead to identify with the things consumed. Compounding Marian's confusion is her newly-pregnant roommate, her incensed landlady, and that strange young man she just kissed at the laundromat?

Review:

'Funny, sharp, witty, clever.' (The Times)

'Written with a brilliant angry energy.' (The Observer)

'Throughout her literary career ... Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity and imaginative acuity.' (San Francisco Chronicle)