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This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional intelligence. Her men and women still miscommunicate, still remain separate in different rooms, different houses, or even different worlds. With brilliant... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “There's more than one way of being sane.”

First Sentence

Late this afternoon she moved out of the old place and into the new one.

Table of Contents

1. The War in the Bathroom
2. The Man from Mars
3. Polarities
4. Under Glass
5. The Grave of the Famous Poet
6. Rape Fantasies
7. Hair Jewellery
8. When It Happens
9. Travel Piece
10. The Resplendent Quetzal
11. Training
12. Lives of the Poets
13. Dancing Girls
14. Giving Birth

Authors & Contributors

  1. Margaret Atwood (Author)
 

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