An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers
of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood - a writer who has fundamentally shaped the
contemporary literary landscapes - Paper Boat assembles Atwood's most vital poems in one
essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant beautiful and hyper-imagined Atwood
gives voices to remarkably drawn characters - mythological figures animals and everyday
people - all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as
our own. 'How can one live with such a heart?' Atwood asks casting her singular spell upon the
reader and ferrying us through life death and whatever comes next. Walking the tightrope
between reality and fantasy as only she can Atwood's journey through poetry illuminates our
most innate joys and sorrows desires and fears. Spanning six decades of work - from her
earliest beginnings to brand new poems - this volume charts the evolution of one of our most
iconic and necessary authors. 'We should regard Atwood as a poet first and foremost - just one
who happens to be a highly regarded novelist' Sunday Herald
