The Blind Assassin (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Blind Assassin 3 weeks ago.

• The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin , it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.

Pequeño saltamontes edited the awards of The Blind Assassin Thursday, November 26 2009.

• Edited category of an award: Man Booker Prize FictionBest novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe

Timothy Gray approved Kelly M’s request to combine 23 books, including The Blind Assassin, Saturday, October 31 2009.

Kelly M submitted a request to combine 23 books, including The Blind Assassin, Saturday, October 31 2009.

Amanda edited the awards of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• Edited ranking of an award: Man Booker Prize winner
• Added an award: Hammett Prize
• Added year of an award: Hammett Prize 2001

Amanda edited the books with additional background information of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• Added Alias Laura: representations of the past in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.(Book review): An article from: The Modern Language Review
• Added Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin.: An article from: World Literature Today
• Added Narrative anchors and the processes of story construction: the case of Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.(Critical essay): An article from: Style
• Added Escaping from the Prison-House of Language and Digging for Meanings in Texts among Texts: Metafiction and Intertextuality in Margaret Atwoods Novels Lady Oracle and The Blind Assassin

Amanda edited the books like this book of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• Added The Impressionist
• Added Homeland and other stories
• Added Holy Fools : A Novel (Harris, Joanne)
• Added The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
• Added Daughters of the House: A Novel

Amanda edited the books like this book of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• Added Bluebeard's Egg: Stories
• Added Talking to the Dead: A Novel Tag: Winner of the Orange Prize
• Added Babycakes (Tales of the City Series, V. 4)
• Added Madame Bovary
• Added If Morning Ever Comes: A Novel

Amanda edited the table of contents of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• I-The bridge; The Toronto Star, 1945; The Blind Assassin: Perennials for the Rock Garden
  II-The hard-boiled egg; The Globe and the Mail, 1947; The park bench; The Toronto Star; The carpets; The Globe and Star, 1998; The lipstick heart; The Colonel Henry Parkman High School Home and School Alumni Association Bulletin, 1998
  III-The presentation; The silver box; The Button Factory; Avilion; The trousseau; The gramaphone; Bread day; Black ribbons; The soda
  IV-The cafe; The Port Ticonderago Herald and Banner, 1933; The chenille spread; The Mail and Empire, 1934; The messenger; The Mail and Empire, 1934; Horses of the night; Mayfair, 1935; The bronze bell
  V-The fur coat; The Weary Soldier; Miss Violence; Ovid's Metamorphoses; The button factory picnic; Loaf givers; Hand-tinting; The cold cellar; The attic; The Imperial Room; The Arcadian Court; The tango
  VI-The houndstooth suit; Red brocade; The Toronto Star, 1935; Street walk; The janitor; Mayfair, 1936; Alien on Ice
  VII-The steamer trunk; The Fire Pit; Postcards from Europe; The eggshell hat; Besotted; Sunnyside; Xanadu
  VIII-Carnivore stories; Mayfair, 1936; Peach Women of Aa'A; The Mail and Empire, 1936; The Top Hat Grill
  IX-The laundry; The ashtray; The man with his head on fire; The Water Nixie; The chestnut tree
  X-X-Lizard Men of Zenor; Mayfair, 1937; Letter from BellaVista; The tower; The Globe and Mail, 1937; Union Station
  XI-XI-The cubicle; The kitten; Beautiful view; Brightly shone the moon; Betty's Luncheonette; The message
  XII-XII-The Globe and Mail, 1938; Mayfair, 1939; The Be rage Room; Yellow curtains; The telegram; The destruction of Sakiel-Norn
  XIII-XIII-Gloves; Home fires; Diana Sweets; Escarpment
  XIV-XIV-The golden lock; Victory comes and goes; The head of rubble
  XV-XV-The Blind Assassin, Epilogue: The other hand; The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999; The threshold

Amanda edited the table of contents of The Blind Assassin Monday, October 26 2009.

• I-The bridge; The Toronto Star, 1945; The Blind Assassin: Perennials for the Rock Garden
  II-The hard-boiled egg; The Globe and the Mail, 1947; The park bench; The Toronto Star; The carpets; The Globe and Star, 1998; The lipstick heart; The Colonel Henry Parkman High School Home and School Alumni Association Bulletin, 1998
  III-The presentation; The silver box; The Button Factory; Avilion; The trousseau; The gramaphone; Bread day; Black ribbons; The soda
  IV-The cafe; The Port Ticonderago Herald and Banner, 1933; The chenille spread; The Mail and Empire, 1934; The messenger; The Mail and Empire, 1934; Horses of the night; Mayfair, 1935; The bronze bell
  V-V-The fur coat; The Weary Soldier; Miss Violence; Ovid's Metamorphoses; The button factory picnic; Loaf givers; Hand-tinting; The cold cellar; The attic; The Imperial Room; The Arcadian Court; The tango
  VI-VI-The houndstooth suit; Red brocade; The Toronto Star, 1935; Street walk; The janitor; Mayfair, 1936; Alien on Ice
  VII-VII-The steamer trunk; The Fire Pit; Postcards from Europe; The eggshell hat; Besotted; Sunnyside; Xanadu
  VIII-VIII-Carnivore stories; Mayfair, 1936; Peach Women of Aa'A; The Mail and Empire, 1936; The Top Hat Grill
  IX-IX-The laundry; The ashtray; The man with his head on fire; The Water Nixie; The chestnut tree
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