{"product_id":"0385475721-the_blind_assassin","title":"The Blind Assassin","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In \u003cb\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/b\u003e, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel opens with these simple, resonant words: \"Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge.\" They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura'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 \u003cb\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s, \u003cb\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/b\u003e is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience. The novel has many threads and a series of events that follow one another at a breathtaking pace. As everything comes together, readers will discover that the story Atwood is telling is not only what it seems to be—but, in fact, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/b\u003e proves once again that Atwood is one of the most talented, daring, and exciting writers of our time. Like \u003cb\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/b\u003e, it is destined to become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\nBust Magazine\n\u003cp\u003eRead the book as storytelling of the highest order. Or, if you choose, watch for \"Atwood themes\"—there's plenty of feminist stuff, political observations, and philosophical questioning of life events both grand and mundane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Nan A. Talese","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":48167978401982,"sku":"0385475721-5","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81sh0OVx6rL.jpg?v=1784202487","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385475721-the_blind_assassin","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}