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The Blind Assassin

By Margaret Atwood

Book information

Publisher
Random House
Year
2000
ISBN
0385720955, 9780385720953
LCC
PR9199.3.A8 B55 2001
Google Books ID
WVGJeOsebRMC
Open Library ID
OL18397045M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
984 kB (1008066 bytes)
Pages
\0
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura?s story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.

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