The Edible Woman - by Margaret Atwood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The novel that put the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> on the literary map</b> <p/> Margaret Atwood's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism. <p/> Marian McAlpin is an "abnormally normal" young woman, according to her friends. A recent university graduate, she crafts consumer surveys for a market research firm, maintains an uneasy truce between her flighty roommate and their prudish landlady, and goes to parties with her solidly dependable boyfriend, Peter. But after Peter proposes marriage, things take a strange turn. Suddenly empathizing with the steak in a restaurant, Marian finds she is unable to eat meat. As the days go by, her feeling of solidarity extends to other categories of food, until there is almost nothing left that she can bring herself to consume. Those around her fail to notice Marian's growing alienation--until it culminates in an act of resistance that is as startling as it is imaginative. Marked by blazingly surreal humor and a colorful cast of eccentric characters, <i>The Edible Woman </i>is a groundbreaking work of fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Disconcerting, faintly ominous, and moving with the greatest of ease from the expected to the unexpected. . . . Waywardly funny. . . . A distinct pleasure to read." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>"Atwood has the magic of turning the particular and the parochial into the universal." --<i>The Times </i>(London) <p/>Chock-full of startling images, superbly and classically crafted. . . . Kept me in stitches half the time. --<i>Saturday Night</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Margaret Atwood, </b> whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include <i>Cat's Eye</i>, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; <i>Alias Grace</i>, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; <i>The Blind Assassin</i>, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; <i>Oryx and Crake</i>, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; <i>The Year of the Flood</i>, <i>MaddAddam</i>; and <i>Hag-Seed</i>. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.
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