Bodily Harm - Rilegato

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0771008120 ISBN 13: 9780771008122

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1981

Riassunto

Rennie Wilford is a freelance journalist who takes an assignment in the Caribbean in the hopes of recuperating from her recently shattered life. On the tiny island of St. Antoine, she tumbles into a corrupt world where no one is what they seem, where her rules for survival no longer apply. This is a thoroughly gripping novel of intrigue and betrayal, which explores human defensiveness, the lust for power both sexual and political, and the need for a compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love. The enigma unfolds as it would for any innocent bystander swept up by events, bringing along the scruples, and the fears, of the past.

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Recensione:

"Passionate and convincing."
-Maclean's

"The consciousness that informs the novel is vivid, palpable."
-New York Times Book Review

"As swift-moving as the best thriller, clipped and laconic, yet deeply and richly sensitive."
-Sunday Telegraph (U.K.)

"Superior writing, terrifying suspense."
- Atlantic Monthly

"Margaret Atwood seems to be able to do just about everything: people, places, problems, a perfect ear, an exactly right voice."
-The New York Times

"An overwhelming novel...possessing Atwood's usual ability to harness the energy of language and implication... with remarkable insight and sensitivity."
-Quill and Quire

"Time and again the reader is impressed by the sheer virtuosity and skill of Atwood's writing."
-Calgary Herald

"Sophisticated, superbly orchestrated...."
-Saturday Review

"Striking, stringent, sharp... infused with intelligence and insight."
- Vancouver Sun

"Skilfully written, mordantly witty and immensely readable."
-London Free Press

"What makes her book so considerable an achievement is the mature, informed accuracy of its view of life. What makes it so exhilarating is the profusion of tough wit and precise poetry that everywhere transforms its black bulletins from documentary into art."
-Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)

L'autore:

Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939, and grew up in northern Quebec and Ontario, and later in Toronto. She has lived in numerous cities in Canada, the U.S., and Europe.

She is the author of more than thirty books – novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, social history, and books for children.

Atwood’s work is acclaimed internationally and has been published around the world. Her novels include The Handmaid’s Tale and Cat’s Eye – both shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Robber Bride; Alias Grace, winner of the prestigious Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, and a finalist for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and <

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0771008120
• ISBN 13: 9780771008122
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 301