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Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes—Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.
In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful, and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voice 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. Atwood, in her 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.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593914656
- File size: 279187 KB
- Duration: 09:41:37
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- English
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Although her novels overshadow her other works, Margaret Atwood's poetry has won the Governor General's Award--roughly equivalent to the Pulitzer. Her latest collection, which she delivers in this audio edition, includes selections from her entire career and involves subjects that range from the Canadian experience to life as an aging woman alone. Perhaps as a way of refraining from imposing interpretations on the listener, Atwood uses a truncated spectrum of volume, tone, and emotion in her narration. This does invite the listener into the poems but also leaves them sounding rather the same, which does them a disservice. They are rich in variety, imagery, and language, and it would be interesting--and useful--to learn more about what they mean to the author. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
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