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The Edible Woman

By Margaret Atwood

The Edible Woman Contemporary literature

The Edible Woman

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The novel that put the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale on the literary map Margaret Atwood's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism. Marian McAlpin is an "abnormally normal" young woman, according to her friends. A recent university graduate, she crafts consumer surveys for a market research firm, maintains an uneasy truce between her flighty roommate and their prudish landlady, and goes to parties with her solidly dependable boyfriend, Peter. But after Peter proposes marriage, things take a strange turn. Suddenly empathizing with the steak in a restaurant, Marian finds she is unable to eat meat. As the days go by, her feeling of solidarity extends to other categories of food, until there is almost nothing left that she can bring herself to consume. Those around her fail to notice Marian's growing alienation-until it culminates in an act of resistance that is as startling as it is imaginative. Marked by blazingly surreal humor and a colorful cast of eccentric characters, The Edible Woman is a groundbreaking work of fiction.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1998-03-16
Publication Date:
1998-03-16
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0385491069
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1050 g
Height:
20.3 cm
Width:
13.1 cm
Thickness:
1.6 cm
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