Reviews
"A haunting work of art." Time "Lyrical, startling in its mastery of language, compelling in its handling of memory and forgetting, in its understanding of the ravages of the unransomed past." London Free Press "Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." Los Angeles Times "Irresistible.…This book is about life for all of us." The Times (U.K.) "No reader will fail to be moved, even to tears, by this novel. It is poignant and lingering." Aritha van Herk, Calgary Herald "A strong and intriguing novel, a literary event" Toronto Star "Remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom." Cosmopolitan "Cat's Eye is a novel which it is difficult not to be swept off one's feet by. It is enormously intelligent, compassionate, superbly written." Atlantic Provinces Book Review "A daring piece of work.…Atwood ups the aesthetic ante, placing the mundane in a speculative framework where nothing can be taken for what it seems to be, in art or life, in past or present, in time or out of it." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking.…" The New York Times Book Review "Tremendous . . . totally grips the reader with its imaginative power.… Hamilton Spectator "Put this haunting, taunting account of childhood on the must-read list" Saskatoon StarPhoenix, "A haunting work of art." Time "Lyrical, startling in its mastery of language, compelling in its handling of memory and forgetting, in its understanding of the ravages of the unransomed past." London Free Press "Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." Los Angeles Times "Irresistible.…This book is about life for all of us." The Times(U.K.) "No reader will fail to be moved, even to tears, by this novel. It is poignant and lingering." Aritha van Herk,Calgary Herald "A strong and intriguing novel, a literary event" Toronto Star "Remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom." Cosmopolitan "Cat's Eyeis a novel which it is difficult not to be swept off one's feet by. It is enormously intelligent, compassionate, superbly written." Atlantic Provinces Book Review "A daring piece of work.…Atwood ups the aesthetic ante, placing the mundane in a speculative framework where nothing can be taken for what it seems to be, in art or life, in past or present, in time or out of it." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking.…" The New York Times Book Review "Tremendous . . . totally grips the reader with its imaginative power.… Hamilton Spectator "Put this haunting, taunting account of childhood on the must-read list" SaskatoonStarPhoenix