Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1998, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385491026
ISBN-139780385491020
eBay Product ID (ePID)846207

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Book TitleCat's Eye
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical
Publication Year1998
GenreFiction
AuthorMargaret Atwood
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Reviews"A brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic...the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer." --Boston Sunday Globe "Stunning...Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." --Los Angeles Times "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking." --The New York Times Book Review "The best book in a long time on female friendships... Cat's Eye is remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom."-- Cosmopolitan, "A brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic...the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Stunning...Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." -- Los Angeles Times "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking." -- The New York Times Book Review "The best book in a long time on female friendships... Cat's Eye is remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom." -- Cosmopolitan, "A brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic...the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Stunning...Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." -- Los Angeles Times "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking." -- The New York Times Book Review "The best book in a long time on female friendships... Cat's Eye is remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom." -- Cosmopolitan, BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE "A brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic...the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Stunning...Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle." -- Los Angeles Times "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking." -- The New York Times Book Review "The best book in a long time on female friendships... Cat's Eye is remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom." -- Cosmopolitan, "A brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic...the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer." --Boston Sunday Globe "Stunning...Atwood conceives Elaine with a poet's transforming fire; and delivers her to us that way, a flame inside an icicle."--Los Angeles Times "Nightmarish, evocative, heartbreaking." --The New York Times Book Review "The best book in a long time on female friendships...Cat's Eyeis remarkable, funny, and serious, brimming with uncanny wisdom."--Cosmopolitan
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories. Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate--and a finalist for the Booker Prize-- Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life., A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life -- f rom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories., Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman-but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories. Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate-and a finalist for the Booker Prize- Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life.
LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.A8C38 1998

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