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Life Before Man

By Margaret Atwood

By Margaret Atwood

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Apr 13, 1998 | ISBN 9780385491105

Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
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Apr 13, 1998 | ISBN 9780385491105

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About Life Before Man

A particularly complicated love triangle sets this poetic novel in motion—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments

Elizabeth and Nate, though habitually unfaithful to each other, have remained married for more than a decade. But after Elizabeth’s latest lover commits suicide, she emerges from her grief to find that her gentle, indecisive husband is on the verge of leaving her. He has become enamored of Lesje, a young paleontologist and perennial innocent who seems to prefers dinosaur fossils to humans. Elizabeth sets her sights on Lesje’s live-in boyfriend, William, and the ensuing emotional maelstrom threatens to upend all of their lives. Blending painful honesty with cutting satire, Margaret Atwood give us characters whose haunting dilemmas linger long after the final page.

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About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, was… More about Margaret Atwood

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction

Paperback | $15.95
Published by Anchor
Apr 13, 1998 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385491105
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Praise

“A splendid, fully integrated work. . . . Atwood is a writer of importance, with a deep understanding of human behavior.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Atwood writes with savage humor. Sentences are spare, kept under enormous compression, like a bent bow.” —Esquire

“Moving flawlessly from wit to pathos and back, Atwood constructs a superb living exhibit in which the artifacts are unique. . . . There is ample treasure in this novel.” —Chicago Tribune
 

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