Book
The blind assassin / Margaret Atwood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771008917 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 635 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Emblem edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Emblem Editions, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Sisters > Death > Fiction. Women novelists > Fiction. Aged women > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Atwoo | 31681010174670 | FICTION | Available | - |
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âTen days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.â
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Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sisterâs death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on a distant planet. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama that comes together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.
