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Lady Oracle (Paperback)

by Margaret Atwood (Author)
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“A wonderfully unpretentious comic romp. A fine novel: inventive, funny, and a pleasure to read.”
–Mordecai Richler

“Read it for its gracefulness, for its good story, for its help in your fantasy life.”
Globe and Mail

“Brilliant and funny, I can’t tell you how exhilarating it was to read it – everything works. An extraordinary book.”
–Joan Didion

“A haunting and humorous work.”
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“A striking work.”
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“Hilarious, touching, full of wonderfully skewered insights, and very much faster than a speeding bullet.”
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“Nervy, mordant, funny and brilliant.”
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“Immensely enjoyable.”
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“Funny, poignant and briskly energetic.”
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“A very funny novel, lightly told with wry detachment and considerable art.”
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“A rich, subtle, deep, delicate, nourishing book. It’s all joy, but it stays with you. She has things to tell us.”
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An original and compelling work in which Margaret Atwood passes one woman’s bizarre life through the prism of her unique literary vision. The shy, awkward wife of a perpetual radical, Joan Foster is a formerly obese woman whose delicate equilibrium is threatened by the fact that the several lives she has lived separately and secretly are coming together and will be exposed. She is newly and notoriously famous as a bestselling author; she writes gothic novels under a nom de plume; she is having a hidden affair. Love, fear, understanding, suspense, sensuality, and humour – there is hardly an emotional current that is not touched in Lady Oracle, and with a depth, vitality, and wit that are rare in any time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, May 23 2001
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Well I went to Canada and figured trying out a Margaret Atwood would be appropriate. This novel reminds me of good John Irving. It combines a healthy amount of plot to keep things moving, along with quirky / interesting characters that remain just normal and developed enough to avoid becoming farcical. Moreover, the narrator is a strong central figure that ties things together and keeps the book focused. Finally, the narrator goes through introspection and change, and Atwood gently guides the reader there via use of a "story within a story" that is never overbearing. I know I didn't pick up on all of the symbolism and "deeper meanings" of Joan, but I know I enjoyed being along for the ride with her. Very much recommended for the thoughtful reader.
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