Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood

Published by McClelland and Stewart

Hardcover, Dust Jacket in Protective Mylar Sleeve

1983 First Canadian Edition


Excellent Near Fine Condition. The book and dust jacket are clean, covers attached, secure binding, crisp inner pages, unmarked, no writing, no highlighting, no stains, no fading, no ripped pages, no edge chipping, no corner folds, no crease marks, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Some very light dust jacket and general wear from age, use, storage and handling. 


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Bluebeard's Egg  is a collection of short stories by Canadian author  Margaret Atwood, first published in 1983. The book's first American edition was released in 1986 under the name  Bluebeard's Egg and other stories. In this collection, Atwood explores the politics of sex and  heterosexual  relationships, examining the  emotions,  betrayals, and casualties of such relationships. Four of the stories in the collection depart from this theme to instead present presumably  autobiographic  ruminations on the narrator's childhood influences. The majority of these stories are set in downtown  Toronto.


Margaret Eleanor Atwood  (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist,  literary critic, essayist,  teacher,  environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published eighteen books of poetry, eighteen novels, eleven books of  non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two  graphic novels, and a number of  small press  editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two  Booker Prizes, the  Arthur C. Clarke Award, the  Governor General's Award, the  Franz Kafka Prize,  Princess of Asturias Awards, and the  National Book Critics  and  PEN Center USA  Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television. Atwood's works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity,  religion  and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics". Many of her poems are inspired by  myths  and  fairy tales  which interested her from a very early age. Atwood is a founder of the  Griffin Poetry Prize  and the  Writers' Trust of Canada. She is also a Senior Fellow of  Massey College, Toronto. She is the inventor of the  LongPen  device and associated technologies that facilitate remote robotic writing of documents.


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