An original and compelling work in which Margaret Atwood passes one woman's bizarre life through the prism of her unique literary vision. The shy, awkward wife of a perpetual radical, Joan Foster is a formerly obese woman whose delicate equilibrium is threatened by the fact that the several lives sh
Lady Oracle
โ Scribed by Atwood, Margaret
- Publisher
- Anchor;Emblem
- Year
- 1977;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Edition
- 1st Anchor books ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780385491082
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Review
"Read it for its gracefulness, for its good story, and for its help with your fantasy life." -_The Globe and Mail
"Marvelously funny." - Maclean's
_"A wonderfully unpretentious comic romp--a fine novel: inventive--funny, and a pleasure to read," -Mordecai Richler
"Brilliant and funny. I can't tell you how exhilarating it was to read it - everything works. An extraordinary book." -Joan Didion -- Review
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New in this edition: a Reader's Companion to Lady Oracle --ideal for discussion groups
"Funny, poignant, and briskly energetic."
--Newsweek
"A rich, subtle, deep, delicate, nourishing book. It's all joy, but it stays with you. She has things to tell us."
--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A really gifted writer...alternately satirical and lyrical."
--Time
"A very funny novel, lightly told with wry detachment and considerable art."
--Washington Post Book World
"Brilliant and funny. I can't tell you how exhilarating it was to read it --everything works. An extraordinary book."
--Joan Didion
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