- Unbound: 304 pages
- Publisher: Seal Books (May 18 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0770428274
- ISBN-13: 978-0770428273
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,496,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is a story about one of today's women...Bodily Harm is strong stuff, and the writing is nearly flawless."
—People
"It knocked me out. Margaret Atwood seems to be able to do just about everything: people, places, problems, a perfect ear, an exactly right voice."
—Anatole Broyard, The New York Times
"Romance and adventure by a female Graham Greene at his peak."
—Marilyn French, author of The Women's Room
"Superior writing, terrifying suspense."
—The Atlantic Monthly
"Secures her place in the upper ranks of important novelists."
—Cosmopolitan
—People
"It knocked me out. Margaret Atwood seems to be able to do just about everything: people, places, problems, a perfect ear, an exactly right voice."
—Anatole Broyard, The New York Times
"Romance and adventure by a female Graham Greene at his peak."
—Marilyn French, author of The Women's Room
"Superior writing, terrifying suspense."
—The Atlantic Monthly
"Secures her place in the upper ranks of important novelists."
—Cosmopolitan
Book Description
A powerful and brilliantly crafted novel from the author of Surfacing, Life Before Man, The Edible Woman, and Lady Oracle. Bodily Harm is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges. Rennie Wilford flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St. Antoine, she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply. By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's new novel is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power both sexual and political, and the need for compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I didn't read past the first chapter,
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This review is from: BODILY HARM (Mass Market Paperback)
I have enjoyed many of Margaret Atwood's books. This wasn't one of them. I am not sure whether to blame it on the book or the timing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent,
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This review is from: Bodily Harm (Paperback)
I've read most of Margaret Atwood's books. This, by far, is one of my favorites. This author has a way of pulling you into the stories and feeling the feelings of the characters. There is also a lot meaning behind her words.This was truly a fast read. I really liked the character, Rennie, although at one point in the book I was ready to clobber Paul for her. If you like Margaret Atwood, don't miss reading this one!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hated It,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bodily Harm (Unbound)
I chose to read this book for a book report project in English because I had heard such great things about it, and the author Margaret Atwood. The beginning of the book was okay, and I reallie liked the main character Rennie. But as I continued to read I found that the story was dragging, and wasn't seeming to get any better along the way. I kept expecting something interesting to happen, or for the story to take a twist for the better but it never did. I didn't even want to finish the book, but I had to for my English class. This was the first book my Margaret Atwood I had ever read, and it almost turned me off her all together. (and believe me, I love to read, and had never been this turned off by a book before) Luckily I decided to try reading the Handmaid's Tale, and really enjoyed it, but I would never recommend this book to anyone.
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