The Resource The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
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- Summary
- Told in the story within a story fashion, the reader learns about the mysterious death of one sister from her surviving sister
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 521 pages
- Note
- "Originally published by Nan A. Talese ... in 2000"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- The bridge
- The Toronto Star, 1945
- The blind assassin : perennials for the rock garden
- The hard-boiled egg
- The Globe and Mail
- The park bench
- The Toronto Star, 1975
- The carpets
- The Globe and Mail
- The lipstick heart
- The Colonel Henry Parkman High School home and school and alumni association bulletin, 1998
- The presentation
- The silver box
- The Button Factory
- Avilion
- The trousseau
- The gramaphone
- Bread day
- Black ribbons
- The soda
- The cafe
- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1933
- The chenille spread
- The Mail and Empire, 1934
- The messenger
- The Mail and Empire, 1934
- Horses of the night
- Mayfair, 1935
- The bronze bell
- The fur coat
- The weary soldier
- Miss Violence
- Ovid's Metamorphoses
- The button factory picnic
- Loaf givers
- Hand-tinting
- The cold cellar
- The attic
- The Imperial Room
- The Arcadian Court
- The tango
- The houndstooth suit
- Red brocade
- The Toronto Star, 1935
- Street walk
- The janitor
- Mayfair, 1936
- Alien on ice
- The steamer trunk
- The fire pit
- Postcards from Europe
- The eggshell hat
- Besotted
- Sunnyside
- Xanadu
- Carnivore stories
- Mayfair, 1936
- Peach women of Aa'A
- The Mail and Empire, 1936
- The Top Hat Grill
- The laundry
- The ashtray
- The man with his head on fire
- The Water Nixie
- The chestnut tree
- Lizard men of Xenor
- Mayfair, 1937
- Letter from BellaVista
- The tower
- The Globe and Mail, 1937
- Union Station
- The cubicle
- The kitten
- Beautiful view
- Brightly shone the moon
- Betty's lunchonette
- The message
- The Globe and Mail, 1938
- Mayfair, 1939
- The Be rage Room
- Yellow curtains
- The telegram
- The destruction of Sakiel-Norn
- Gloves
- Home fires
- Diana Sweets
- Escarpment
- The golden lock
- Victory comes and goes
- The heap of rubble
- The blind assassin, epilogue : the other hand
- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999
- The threshold
- Isbn
- 9780613369398
- Label
- The blind assassin
- Title
- The blind assassin
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Atwood
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFamily secrets
- trueSisters -- Death
- trueFamily relationships
- trueBetrayal
- Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction
- trueWidows
- trueSibling rivalry
- trueWomen authors
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueToronto, Ontario
- truePsychological fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- trueCanada
- Women novelists -- Fiction
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- truePolitical corruption
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- trueNovels-within-novels
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Told in the story within a story fashion, the reader learns about the mysterious death of one sister from her surviving sister
- Summary
- Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2001.
- Booker Prize, 2000.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2000.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 013456
- Cataloging source
- IDU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Atwood, Margaret
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.A8
- LC item number
- B55 2001
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Sisters
- Fiction
- Women novelists
- Older women
- Widows
- Psychological fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
- Note
- "Originally published by Nan A. Talese ... in 2000"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The bridge -- The Toronto Star, 1945 -- The blind assassin : perennials for the rock garden -- The hard-boiled egg -- The Globe and Mail -- The park bench -- The Toronto Star, 1975 -- The carpets -- The Globe and Mail -- The lipstick heart -- The Colonel Henry Parkman High School home and school and alumni association bulletin, 1998 -- The presentation -- The silver box -- The Button Factory -- Avilion -- The trousseau -- The gramaphone -- Bread day -- Black ribbons -- The soda -- The cafe -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1933 -- The chenille spread -- The Mail and Empire, 1934 -- The messenger -- The Mail and Empire, 1934 -- Horses of the night -- Mayfair, 1935 -- The bronze bell -- The fur coat -- The weary soldier -- Miss Violence -- Ovid's Metamorphoses -- The button factory picnic -- Loaf givers -- Hand-tinting -- The cold cellar -- The attic -- The Imperial Room -- The Arcadian Court -- The tango -- The houndstooth suit -- Red brocade -- The Toronto Star, 1935 -- Street walk -- The janitor -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Alien on ice -- The steamer trunk -- The fire pit -- Postcards from Europe -- The eggshell hat -- Besotted -- Sunnyside -- Xanadu -- Carnivore stories -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Peach women of Aa'A -- The Mail and Empire, 1936 -- The Top Hat Grill -- The laundry -- The ashtray -- The man with his head on fire -- The Water Nixie -- The chestnut tree -- Lizard men of Xenor -- Mayfair, 1937 -- Letter from BellaVista -- The tower -- The Globe and Mail, 1937 -- Union Station -- The cubicle -- The kitten -- Beautiful view -- Brightly shone the moon -- Betty's lunchonette -- The message -- The Globe and Mail, 1938 -- Mayfair, 1939 -- The Be rage Room -- Yellow curtains -- The telegram -- The destruction of Sakiel-Norn -- Gloves -- Home fires -- Diana Sweets -- Escarpment -- The golden lock -- Victory comes and goes -- The heap of rubble -- The blind assassin, epilogue : the other hand -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999 -- The threshold
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 521 pages
- Isbn
- 9780613369398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)61355672
- (OCoLC)ocm61355672
- 568206
- Label
- The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
- Note
- "Originally published by Nan A. Talese ... in 2000"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The bridge -- The Toronto Star, 1945 -- The blind assassin : perennials for the rock garden -- The hard-boiled egg -- The Globe and Mail -- The park bench -- The Toronto Star, 1975 -- The carpets -- The Globe and Mail -- The lipstick heart -- The Colonel Henry Parkman High School home and school and alumni association bulletin, 1998 -- The presentation -- The silver box -- The Button Factory -- Avilion -- The trousseau -- The gramaphone -- Bread day -- Black ribbons -- The soda -- The cafe -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1933 -- The chenille spread -- The Mail and Empire, 1934 -- The messenger -- The Mail and Empire, 1934 -- Horses of the night -- Mayfair, 1935 -- The bronze bell -- The fur coat -- The weary soldier -- Miss Violence -- Ovid's Metamorphoses -- The button factory picnic -- Loaf givers -- Hand-tinting -- The cold cellar -- The attic -- The Imperial Room -- The Arcadian Court -- The tango -- The houndstooth suit -- Red brocade -- The Toronto Star, 1935 -- Street walk -- The janitor -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Alien on ice -- The steamer trunk -- The fire pit -- Postcards from Europe -- The eggshell hat -- Besotted -- Sunnyside -- Xanadu -- Carnivore stories -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Peach women of Aa'A -- The Mail and Empire, 1936 -- The Top Hat Grill -- The laundry -- The ashtray -- The man with his head on fire -- The Water Nixie -- The chestnut tree -- Lizard men of Xenor -- Mayfair, 1937 -- Letter from BellaVista -- The tower -- The Globe and Mail, 1937 -- Union Station -- The cubicle -- The kitten -- Beautiful view -- Brightly shone the moon -- Betty's lunchonette -- The message -- The Globe and Mail, 1938 -- Mayfair, 1939 -- The Be rage Room -- Yellow curtains -- The telegram -- The destruction of Sakiel-Norn -- Gloves -- Home fires -- Diana Sweets -- Escarpment -- The golden lock -- Victory comes and goes -- The heap of rubble -- The blind assassin, epilogue : the other hand -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999 -- The threshold
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 521 pages
- Isbn
- 9780613369398
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)61355672
- (OCoLC)ocm61355672
- 568206
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBetrayal
- trueCanada
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueNovels-within-novels
- Older women -- Fiction
- truePolitical corruption
- truePsychological fiction
- trueSibling rivalry
- trueSisters -- Death
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- trueToronto, Ontario
- trueWidows
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueWomen authors
- Women novelists -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2001
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2000
- trueMan Booker Prize
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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