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Life Before Man
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by Margaret Atwood
Sales Rank : 601201
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Anchor; 1st Anchor Books ed edition April 13, 1998
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385491107
ISBN-13: 978-0385491105
Product Dimensions:
7.9 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
From AudioFile
Written in 1979, this Atwood novel is dated in that its characters and their liaisons are no longer as shocking in their offhandedness as they were in the 1970s. Nor are they the most engaging set of "swingers" to be portrayed in fiction. So no matter how fabulously Lorelei King reads, this Atwood may catch you nodding off at the wheel. The saving grace is quirky Leslie, who is far more interested in the dinosaurs she studies than the men she sleeps with. If you didn't read this novel twenty years ago, here's a nicely interpreted version to catch you up. B.H.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Product Review
"Superb, complete--a splendid, fully integrated work." -The New York Times Book Review
"A penetrating, wry look at the changes affecting men, women and their family lives--The book has the acute perceptions and vivid imagery which are the hallmarks of Atwood's writing." -The Sunday Toronto Sun
"Crisp, carefully ironic, contemporary. Life Before Man offers us three characters of great complexity and roundness--Atwood has written a novel that is emotionally powerful, intelligent and very adult." -Ms. Magazine
"Tough poet, clever critic, brilliant novelist, feminist, nationalist, our chief literary heroine--a superb writer." -Toronto Star
"Margaret Atwood is a deeply serious writer who is also wildly funny." -Chatelaine
"Atwood writes with savage humor. Sentences are spare, kept under enormous compression, like a bent bow." -Esquire
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