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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Straddling lines, delighting readers.By Diane MorrisThere are truly 'tales'...fantastic (though totally believable) and not merely 'stories' which by their moniker seem to be lesser in terms of intensity. And interesting these tales are. Perhaps it's the 'age' thing (as we get older, we get bolder) or perhaps it's the 'success' thing (she's definitely been that), but there is a sure-handedness to these tales that loops one into the tale and makes it real. Who hasn't dreamed of ultimate vindication (if not of ultimate resolution) of many an experience in 'younger' life? Who hasn't thought of murder as a solution, but lacked the expertise/sophisticated thinking to develop a tactic that would 'work'? By the time I got to the last 'tale' I was totally convinced it was a 'true' imagined tale of her/our future. I was not diverted by the 'little people' our heroine saw (through her affliction) and actually believed there might be one (and maybe one only) resourceful senior who understood how to try for the best outcome.I think what I like best about these tales (and I've been reading Margaret Atwood since 'Edible Woman' was released in 1969 when I first moved to Toronto and vowed to 'learn about' Canadian literature) is that they straddle comfortably the unnecessary lines between imagination, fiction, and pure craziness.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.By EQ ExpertMargaret Atwood is probably Canada's foremost writer. I have read The Handmaid's Tale and enjoyed very much a podcast her speaking at the Hay Festival in 1996. My wife is in a book club and her recommendation for this year was Atwood's latest collection of short stories. To her chagrin her colleagues at the book club did not the book and most did not finish it. I was stunned when I heard this and decided to read the collection. The first three stories are a Rashomon-like triptych which were brilliant. Most of the stories were about elderly women in their final stages - either on a boat cruise, or in an old people's home. Although male I recently turned 70 and the stories resonated. Her humour is wicked. I can recommend the book; the writing is excellent and erudite. She used one Latin quotation that given the above particularly appealed to me: “Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.” There is no evil without something good.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Dark and depressingBy Leonie K AshmanThe 9 separate stories in this book are related by reference to the issues of old age. Typically for Margaret Attwood they are extremely well written, but they are dark and depressing. I could not help contrasting them with the more gentle and positive approach to similar issues of ageing in Richard Ford's "Let me be Frank with you".

Margaret Atwood returns to short fiction with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, .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.

.com An Best Book of the Month, September 2014: “Stop trying to pimp me out to all these groupies,” a famous author and infamous cad utters in “Revenant,” one of three cleverly interconnected tales that begin Margaret Atwood’s superbly sardonic Stone Mattress. He is referring to an impending visit from an infatuated graduate student who is supposedly writing a thesis about his sonnets…which aren’t really sonnets (long story). Naveena—her name, he derisively but accurately points out, “sounds like cheese food slices. Or better—like a hair-removal cream”—is insufferable enough to be sure. The depiction makes yours truly nervous to be writing this review, but it’s all part of the fun, and these tales are fun, which is odd considering the sinister current that runs through many of them. But it’s as if the reader is privy to some sort of inside joke. This is especially evident in “The Dead Hand Loves You,” when Atwood playfully skewers the horror genre then gleefully indulges in it, and the ominously tongue-in-cheek “Torching the Dusties.” Fans of Margaret Atwood will certainly delight in this collection. But beware, the Stone Mattress will make groupies of old and new readers alike. –Erin Kodicek "Realism and ridiculousness, play and deadly seriousness, are held in fine balance throughout.... Atwood's prose is sharp and sly." The Guardian "Terrific.... Atwood's narrative control, her ability to surprise and her sparkling language are on full display." The Globe and Mail "Atwood, more than 40 books into her career, has arrived here preoccupied not just with the churn of generations but also with legacy and reputation, with getting straight the story of one's life--the tale about the tale--and with surviving what happens once no one is paying any attention anymore.... Witty and frequently biting." New York TimesAbout the AuthorMargaret Atwood is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non- fiction, but is best known for her novels, which include (1969), The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and , which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. A book of short stories called Stone Mattress: Nine Tales was published in 2014. Her novel, MaddAddam (2013), is the final volume in a three-book series that began with the Man-Booker prize-nominated (2003) and continued with (2009). (mini-fictions) and (short fiction) both appeared in 2006. A volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, a collection of non-fiction essays appeared in 2011. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth was adapted for the screen in 2012. Ms. Atwood’s work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson. www.margaretatwood.ca

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