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Stone Mattress : Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood (2014, Hardcover)

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Authors : Atwood, Margaret. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. Title : Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. Binding : Hardcover. Dust Jacket : False. Product Category : Books. Condition : Very Good. List Price (MSRP) : 25.95.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100385539126

ISBN-139780385539128

eBay Product ID (ePID)178715091

Product Key Features

Book TitleStone Mattress : Nine Tales

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Literary, Humorous / General

GenreFiction

AuthorMargaret Atwood

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-013010

Reviews"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind."-- Miami Herald "Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."-- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."-- Booklist , starred review "Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author."-- Kirkus Reviews, "Witty and frequently biting ... this book's stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary." -- The New York Times Book Review "In Stone Mattress [Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!" --Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times "These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment." -- O Magazine "Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful." -- Boston Globe "[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind." -- Miami Herald "[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun." -- Chicago Tribune "Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark." -- Booklist , starred review "Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Witty and frequently biting ... this book's stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary." -- The New York Times Book Review "In Stone Mattress [Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!" --Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times "These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment." -- O Magazine "Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful." -- Boston Globe "[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind." -- Miami Herald "Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark." -- Booklist , starred review "Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author." -- Kirkus Reviews, "STUNNING...Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes."-- Publishers Weekly , starred review "SHREWDLY BRILLIANT, GLEEFULLY MISCHIEVOUS, AND ACERBICALLY HILARIOUS...Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark."-- Booklist , starred review "Clever tales about writers and lovers...ATWOOD IS A PLAYFUL, SHARP-EDGED, AND POLITICALLY ALERT AUTHOR."-- Kirkus Reviews, "Witty and frequently biting ... this book's stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary." -- The New York Times Book Review "In Stone Mattress [Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!" --Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times "These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment." -- O Magazine "Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful." -- Boston Globe "[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwood's novels." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny ... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind." -- Miami Herald "[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun." -- Chicago Tribune "Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ... Atwood has the raptor's penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark." -- Booklist , starred review "Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisA collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace . Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, Moral Disorder , with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, Alias Grace . A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in "Alphinland," the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists. In "The Freeze-Dried Bridegroom," a man who bids on an auctioned storage space has a surprise. In "Lusus Naturae," a woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In "Torching the Dusties," an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. And in "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.

LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.A8S86 2014