Margaret Atwood
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| Title | : | The Edible Woman |
| Author | : | Margaret Atwood |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | June 1998 by Anchor (first published December 31st 1969) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Feminism. Cultural. Canada. Classics. Literary Fiction. Contemporary. Novels |
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Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancé and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women, and the desire to be consumed.Itemize Books To The Edible Woman
| Original Title: | The Edible Woman |
| ISBN: | 0385491069 (ISBN13: 9780385491068) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Marian McAlpin, Ainsley Tewce, Peter Wollander |
| Setting: | Toronto, Ontario(Canada) |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 28668 Users | 1654 ReviewsWrite-Up Regarding Books The Edible Woman
I decided to re-read this because its white spine always calls my attention next to the black spines of Austen and Brontë. My review from two and a half years ago, to paraphrase Talking Heads, seems to talk a lot but not say anything. The Edible Woman was Atwood's first novel, and thus I must treat it like a first novel. Atwood was twenty-six when she wrote this, and it reads like it. The novel presents itself as a tale of a women who is faced with the awful prospect of marriage. The thought ofRight around the time I turned 20, a boyfriend of mine dragged me to a Yes concert. I say dragged not because I have anything against the band, but because I knew only two of their songs, and I was the only girl going.My then-boyfriend and his friends were big Yes fans, and they had rented a limo stocked with booze, and it was a real party scene in that vehicle. Well, it was a real party scene for them, less so for me, the girl who didn't know Yes songs, and the one who was becoming increasingly
On to my quest to read more Margaret Atwood, I hit my first obstacle. I cant say it was a bad book, I enjoyed the character but I did not enjoy the story. Why? Because there wasnt much of it. Instead, this book was a commentary about femininity. I could call it a feminist novel but as Margaret herself says in the foreword of this book she wrote it before the movement even started. Its sad how much of what the character of this book has to deal with in the book is still just as relevant and
before Ohhh this book is like my favorite hoodiethreadbare and falling apart but so so soft and comfy, with all those little stains and patches as sweet reminders of long ago. Love love love love this book...after Well yes, I do love this book as much as ever, but I was actually kind of surprised at how different it was from the last time I read it, oh, five or six years ago. Here are some reflections (in list form, because I'm feeling lazy):1. I am still terribly and utterly in love with
This observation of relationships between women and men and the pressure cooker atmosphere that builds up as Marian starts to feel trapped. At the beginning of the book Marian is working as a compiler of door to door questionnaires and one weekend she has to go out herself and test the particular questionnaire on beer. On her long slog in the cold and wet she comes across the undergraduate student Duncan who lives with two house mates Trevor and Fischer Smythe (Fish), these three are the oddest
I don't think I could have read "The Edible Woman" at a better time than now, when topics of feminism are becoming more and more present. I originally picked up this book because of its title and because I wanted to check out some Atwood--admittedly, this is my first time reading her. The title alone has so many implications--that women are consumable, visceral, sinewy, sexual, and all of the above. The main character is so honest and real that I often forgot throughout the book that she was
Margaret Atwoods prescient first novel still offers lots to chew onMarian, a 20-something woman in 1960s Toronto, gets engaged to her dull-but-respectable lawyer boyfriend, Peter, then soon begins losing her appetite for food. This causes problems leading up to the wedding, as Marian suffers a serious identity crisis. Perhaps she doesnt want to submit to this marriage, after all.This was Margaret Atwoods first novel, and besides the funny and insightful writing, the book was way ahead of its
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