EAN: 9780385549073

ATWOOD MARGARET OLD BABES IN THE WOOD

"In this collection comprised of fifteen ... stories  ... Atwood speaks to our times with her
characteristic wit and intellect. Of special significance are the seven works revolving around
the long-term married couple Tig and Nell. Acting as bookends for the collection  these stories
look deeply in the heart of what it means to spend a life together  with the four stories in
Part I relating tales from their married life  and the three stories at the end showing Nell's
reality in the aftermath of Tig's death. In other works  two sisters grapple with loss and
memory  ... 'Impatient Griselda' reprises the folkloric role of Griselda in Bocaccio's The
Decameron  exploring alienation and miscommunication  and 'Evil Mother' [touches] on the
fantastical  examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a
witch"--

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