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The Door
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Author(s): Margaret Atwood  
ISBN: 1844084957
ISBN-13: 9781844084951
Publication Date: 06 Aug 2009
Pages: 144 (198 x 126)
Format: Paperback
Published Price: £9.99


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DESCRIPTION:
THE DOOR is Margaret Atwood's first book of poetry since the 1995 MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE. Its lucid yet urgent poems range in tone from lyric to ironic to meditative to prophetic, and in subject from the personal to the political viewed in its broadest sense. They investigate the mysterious writing of poetry itself, as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. As the New York Times has said, 'Atwood's poems are short, glistening with terse, bright images...' A brave and compassionate book, THE DOOR interrogates the certainties that we build our lives on.

REVIEWS:
'On the strength of The Door, we should regard Atwood as a poet first and foremost - just one who happens to be a highly regarded novelist' SUNDAY HERALD 'One of the best books by one of the best poets writing in English, written in a sparse, elegaic tone that combines illuminating intelligence with caustic humour and wisdom' Alberto Manguel, TLS 'Margaret Atwood is not only a riveting novelist, she is also a witty and inventive poet' THE TIMES

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye – both shortlisted for the Booker Prize – The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Modello in Italy. Her tenth novel, The Blind Assassin, won the Booker Prize in 2000.

Her work is acclaimed internationally and has been translated into thirty-three languages. She is the recipient of many literary awards and honours from various countries, including Britain, Italy, France, Sweden, and Norway, as well as Canada and the United States. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.



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