The Resource The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
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Resource Information
The item The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- A story within a story in which the memoir of World War II era button heiress Iris Chase alternates with a science fiction romance about a blind killer who falls in love with a mute virgin
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The blind assassin
- Title
- The blind assassin
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Atwood
- Subject
-
- trueWidows
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBetrayal
- trueCanada
- trueCanadian fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueNovels-within-novels
- truePolitical corruption
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Science fiction
- trueSibling rivalry
- trueSisters -- Death
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- trueToronto, Ontario
- Widows -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueWomen authors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A story within a story in which the memoir of World War II era button heiress Iris Chase alternates with a science fiction romance about a blind killer who falls in love with a mute virgin
- 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
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- Wilson's Fiction, October 2010
- Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001
- Library Journal Starred, August 2000
- Booklist starred, June 2000
- Pub Weekly, July 2000
- Kirkus Starred, July 2000
- Wilson's Fiction
- Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
- Library Journal Starred
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Atwood, Margaret
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- Adult
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.A8
- LC item number
- B55 2000
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Sisters
- Widows
- Sisters
- Widows
- Psychological fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Science fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
- Control code
- 21399038
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 521 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385475723
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99462109
- System control number
-
- (rplri)12135
- (IMchF)fol05728026
- Label
- The blind assassin, Margaret Atwood
- Control code
- 21399038
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 521 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385475723
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99462109
- System control number
-
- (rplri)12135
- (IMchF)fol05728026
Subject
- trueWidows
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBetrayal
- trueCanada
- trueCanadian fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueNovels-within-novels
- truePolitical corruption
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Science fiction
- trueSibling rivalry
- trueSisters -- Death
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Death -- Fiction
- trueToronto, Ontario
- Widows -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueWomen authors
Genre
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNovels-within-novels
- truePsychological fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2001
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2000
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.
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