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The Tent (Hardcover)
by Margaret Atwood (Author)
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`Atwood is one of the most inventive, enthralling and accomplished
authors writing in English' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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`How knowing she is; how quick. How easily she mocks herself, and
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4.0 out of 5 stars A really funny collection, from a great mind..., 1 Mar 2007
By Heather "star_reader" (Leeds, Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: The Tent (Hardcover)
The Tent is a funny and thought provoking collection of stories and mini essays in which Atwood explores the contemporary world. The stories are often autobiographical or inspired by myths, or Atwood's own experiences and are very true to life and also extremely amusing. Atwood's distinctive style and voice is obvious throughout the collection, as it is in her novels, but these stories and musings seem much more personal then in previous writings.

I was lucky enough to see Atwood read from the collection at the Guardian Hay Festival last year and she read one of the best from the book 'Our Cat Enters Heaven' in which the after life of the family pet is imagined! Only Atwood could make this so unique and funny. Other favourites include, 'Clothing Dreams' and 'Chicken Little Goes too far' A must read for any fans of her writing... highly recommended!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, 30 May 2007
By sam "sam" (uk, cambridge) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tent (Hardcover)
I like the fictional essays, and this was my firt time to read for Atwood, as intorduced by a friend, but I wasn't impressed.
Reading the first few essays I was not able to put the book down. It is a well written easy read, but the style often changes in a way that makes you lose intrest. I find some of the essays picking up on the nice style again, thought provoking in some instance, but others I just wanted to read to finish the book (without major interest). The book format is very nicely layed out and although it is a 155 page read, it can be written in almost half that. I found one of the strongest aspect of the book was the occasional drawings, although going through the acknowledgements and every details in the book I failed to see anyone's credit for those, so is it Atwoods drawings? I don't know.
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