Life Before Man

Details

ISBN-10: 0385491107
ISBN-13: 9780385491105
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publish Date: 04/13/1998
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.90" H

Life Before Man

byMargaret Atwood

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Price: $15.95

Overview

“Margaret Atwood has always been an adventurous writer.”
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Elizabeth and Nate’s marriage is deteriorating slowly. They each take lovers, but the man Elizabeth is seeing commits an irrevocable act….Lesje and William live together, but are ambivalent about it. Nate is becoming obsessed with Lesje, who works with Elizabeth, and as the lives of the two couples become complicated and intertwined, they each form the link of an unstoppable chain of events that is slowly shattering them to pieces….

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Reviews
"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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Details

ISBN-10: 0385491107
ISBN-13: 9780385491105
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publish Date: 04/13/1998
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.90" H
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