Burning questions : essays and occasional pieces 2004-2021
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2022].
Physical Desc
xx, 475 pages ; 25 cm
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Dora Public Library - Adult/General - Fiction
ATWOOD, MARGARET Burning
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ATWOOD, MARGARET Burning
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2022].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-457) and index.
Description
From literary icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of nonfiction -- funny, erudite, intimate, impassioned, and always startlingly prescient -- which grapples with such wide-ranging topics as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How do we get rid of the immense amount of plastic that's littering our seas and lands? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? Is science fiction now writing us? So what if beauty is only skin deep? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? Is it true? And is it fair? In over fifty pieces, taken from lectures, autobiographical essays, book reviews, cultural criticism, obituaries, and new introductions to her own body of work (including "The Handmaid's Tale" thirty years after its initial publication) as well as that of other writers, we watch Atwood aim her prodigious intellect and impish humor at the world, and report back to us on what she finds. From asking what society's youth expects from its elders (2004), to pondering the philosophical underpinnings of debt (2008, not surprisingly), to encountering a mysterious new platform called Twitter (2009), to asking if it is, in fact, too late to save the planet (2015) or what forces have been unleashed in the age of Trump (2016), and culminating in a breathtaking meditation on grief and poetry in the wake of her own loss (2020), Atwood provokes, probes, delights, surprises, and rewards the reader at every turn" --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Atwood, M. (2022). Burning questions: essays and occasional pieces 2004-2021 . Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret, 1939-. 2022. Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret, 1939-. Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 Doubleday, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret. Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 Doubleday, 2022.
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