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In case there is actually anyone out there who has never read a Margaret Atwood novel, here is a handy quiz to help you know which one you should start with. My result was interesting because I think it’s actually my favourite Atwood novel…
You Should Read The Robber Bride
This is the wise, unsettling, drastic story of three women whose lives share a common wound: Zenia, a woman they first met as university students in the sixties. Zenia is smart and beautiful, by turns manipulative, vulnerable – and irresistible. She has entered into their separate lives to ensnare their sympathy, betray their trust, and exploit their weaknesses. Now Zenia, thought dead, has suddenly reappeared. In this richly layered narrative, Atwood skilfully evokes the decades of the past as she retraces three women’s lives, until we are back in the present – where it’s yet to be discovered whether Zenia’s “pure, free-wheeling malevolence” can still wreak havoc. The Robber Bride reports from the farthest reaches of the sex wars and is one of Margaret Atwood’s most intricate and subversive novels yet.
sledpress said:
I actually never have read Margaret Atwood. And the quiz seems to think I should read “Lady Oracle.” “She writes gothic novels under a nom de plume” — how did they know?
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Eugene Knapik said:
Now I’ve seen everything.
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Deb Barnes said:
I got Lady Oracle too (and I also haven’t read any others). Because I’m tight I’ve added it to my kindle wishlist and will buy it when I can get it for under £3!
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mudhooks said:
I’ve never been a fan of Atwood.
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bigbadjohnnyp said:
Lady Oracle here too
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