Margaret Atwood


NrrdGrrl! Discussion Forum: Music, Lit, and Pop Culture: Books-- loved it? hated it? didn't get it?: Margaret Atwood
By Elisabeth on Thursday, August 6, 1998 - 02:46 pm:

I couldn't believe there was no Atwood convo, so I started one.... IMHO, her best book is *Cat;s Eye,* but I also love *The Edible Woman,* *Alias grace,* her short-story collections, blah blah, blah.... anyone else reading her?


By Lesley on Monday, August 10, 1998 - 01:04 pm:

I've just gone back and reread "The edible woman" after first reading it about ten years ago. The thing that was amazing to me was how much it was still relevant today. In the introduction that Attwood wrote in 1979 (as you recall the book was published in 1969) she says "...In fact the tone of the book seems more contemporary now then it did in, say, 1971, when it was believed society could change itself a good deal faster then presently appears likely. The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject" I thought it was interesting that in 1979 some people were talking about "post-feminist era" as if it had acomplished all that it set out to do. Twenty years later, people talk as if it has all been wrapped up and completed so we are now in a "post-feminst" era.


By Danielle on Monday, August 10, 1998 - 07:55 pm:

I got through a lot of The Edible Woman but didn't finish it. Actually I thought it was kinda boring, maybe I'll have to pick it up again. I liked Cat's Eye. Surfacing was okay to but I think my favorite out of the one's I've read is The Robber Bride. Do you know what disappoints me about Atwood though? (by the way there's a great website done by the Atwood society) She sometimes sounds so worn out, personally I mean. I know readers can take their toll (mail e.t.c.) but I read some of her comments and it sounds like "Oh god I'm so tired everyone stop bothering me" I hate to see an artist reduced to that. Mureder in the Dark is a small collection of prose/poetry by her that is excellent.


By Elisabeth on Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 01:18 pm:

danielle, really? I haven't read a huge # of Atwood i'views... i know she doesn't give
blurbs, but i guess that kind of makes sense. it's sad if she does feel worn out, tho.


By PullApartGrrl on Monday, August 24, 1998 - 02:19 am:

i think i might have read something by her..though i may be wrong..i can't remember..arrr...did she have a book called "The Stone Angel"?


By Devil Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1998 - 11:06 pm:

Personally, I loved "The Handmaid's Tale," both the book and the movie versions.


By Anonymous on Tuesday, September 29, 1998 - 09:00 pm:

Loved Alias Grace


By Anonymous on Wednesday, October 7, 1998 - 07:25 pm:

Alias Grace and The Robber Bride


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