Old babes in the wood : stories / Cats Relics Women college teachers Extraterrestrial beings Married people Mothers and daughters Best friends
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Old babes in the wood : stories / Margaret Atwood. - Large print edition. - 352 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the world's most visionary and canonical authors. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories - some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine - explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; 'Impatient Griselda' explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and 'My Evil Mother' touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love and what comes after.
9780593677940
Cats--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Women college teachers--Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Best friends--Fiction.
Short stories.
Large type books.
Old babes in the wood : stories / Margaret Atwood. - Large print edition. - 352 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the world's most visionary and canonical authors. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories - some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine - explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; 'Impatient Griselda' explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and 'My Evil Mother' touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love and what comes after.
9780593677940
Cats--Fiction.
Relics--Fiction.
Women college teachers--Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Best friends--Fiction.
Short stories.
Large type books.