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Moving Targets
A work of Non-fiction by Margaret Atwood
Subgenres:
- Literary Essays,
- Political Commentary,
- Environmental Writing
This book is for you if you're into...
- Behind-the-scenes looks at Margaret Atwood's creative influences
- Sharp political essays on war, environment, and the future
- Literary reflections on icons like Toni Morrison and Ursula Le Guin
The most precious treasure of this collection is that it gives us the rich back-story and diverse range of influences on Margaret Atwood's work.
From the aunts who encouraged her nascent writing career to the influence of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four on The Handmaid's Tale, we trace the movement of Atwood's fertile and curious mind in action over the years.
Atwood's controversial political pieces, Napoleon's Two Biggest Mistakes and Letter to America -- both not-so-veiled warnings about the repercussions of the war in Iraq -- also appear, alongside pieces that exhibit her active concern for the environment, the North, and the future of the human race.
Atwood also writes about her John Updike, Marina Warner, Italo Calvino, Marian Engel, Toni Morrison, Angela Carter, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mordecai Richler, Elmore Leonard, and Ursula Le Guin.
This is a landmark volume from a major writer whose worldwide readership is in the millions, and whose work has influenced and entertained generations.
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