New book by Atwood…?
July 30, 2006
She’s one of my favourites, but I’m somehow always the last to hear about her newest works. Interview below–suffice it to say, I’ll be picking this up posthaste.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2006_10_mon.shtml
On another Atwood-related note, does it bother anyone else that she is often *solely* lauded for her feminist approach, strong female characters, forward-thinking ideas, etc.? All of that is there, it’s very true, but approaching it like that cheapens the realness and individuality of her characters and novels, as I see it.
I read Atwood for the poetry she weaves into every chapter–not the rhetoric she seems to be so well-loved for.
August 26, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I have enjoyed your blog. very well done, and you seem to be an intuitive and sensitive taster. RE: authors. You may also like donald bartheleme and john Barth. Just to name a couple “B’s”–I don’t know how that happened:->
August 29, 2006 at 8:42 am
Thanks much for the visit and the kind comments! I’ve read some Barth and really liked him, but I’ll definitely try that other “B.” Another fella I like to recommend is John Fowles–”The Magus” is a great place to start.
Thanks again–hope to see you around in the future!