Description: Description from goodreads.com: The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura'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.Told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s, The Blind Assassin is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience. The novel has many threads and a series of events that follow one another at a breathtaking pace. As everything comes together, readers will discover that the story Atwood is telling is not only what it seems to be--but, in fact, much more.The Blind Assassin proves once again that Atwood is one of the most talented, daring, and exciting writers of our time. Like The Handmaid's Tale, it is destined to become a classic. Click on the 'Visit Store' link above to find many other interesting books, magazines, games and other items in It Was the Best of Times for a Book. If you purchase more than one item in a single transaction, ebay adds the shipping charges instead of calculating them. I do refund excess paid shipping. Thank you for looking.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Narrative Type: Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Custom Bundle: No
Type: Hardcover
Features: Dust Jacket
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Blind Assassin
Item Length: 9.5in
Item Height: 1.7in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Margaret Atwood
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: General, Literary
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 31.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 544 Pages