by Margaret Atwood · Virago Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860498800
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«The Blind Assassin» is the novel by Margaret Atwood, published by Virago Press in paperback (656 pages, in English).
Octogenarian and ruined, Iris Chase evokes her youth and the tragic death of her sister Laura. The narrative intersects with the eponymous novel Laura left published: a science fiction story that two clandestine lovers invent in their encounters and that hides family secrets. Love, betrayal and memory intertwine in this framed fiction.
Winner of the Booker Prize 2000 and the Hammett Prize that same year, it was also a finalist for the Orange Prize in 2001.
For those seeking contemporary literary fiction with a layered narrative structure; it is a common read in book clubs.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
