Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
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December
2024
epub | 8.94 MB | English| Isbn:9780307797964 | Author: Margaret Atwood | Year: 1988
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A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life—from the 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.
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.
Category:Awards, Fiction, Literature, Fiction Subjects, World Fiction, Peoples & Cultures - Fiction, Literary Fiction, Arts & Entertainment - Fiction, Canadian Fiction, Canadian Peoples & Cultures - Fiction & Literature, Family & Friendship - Fiction, Phases of Life - Fiction, Women's Fiction, Artists - Fiction, Canadian Fiction - 20th Century, Canadians - Fiction, Friendship - Fiction, Infancy & Childhood - Fiction, Women - Between Friends, Women - Wonders & Horrors of Childhood, 1989 Booker Prize Shortlist
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