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From one of the worlds most passionately engaged and acclaimed literary citizens comes Writing with Intent, the largest collection to date of Margaret Atwoods nonfiction, ranging from 1983 to 2005. Composed of autobiographical essays, cultural commentary, book reviews, and introductory pieces to great works of literature, this is the award-winning authors first book-length nonfiction publication in twenty years. Arranged chronologically, these writings display the development of Atwoods worldview as the world around her changes. Included are the Booker Prize-winning authors reviews of books by John Updike, Italo Calvino, Toni Morrison, and others, as well as essays in which she remembers herself reading Virginia Woolfs To the Lighthouse at age nineteen, and discusses the influence of George Orwells 1984 on the writing of The Handmaids Tale. Atwoods New York Times Book Review piece that helped make Orhan Pamuks Snow a bestseller can be found here, as well as a look back on a family trip to Afghanistan just before the Soviet invasion, and her Letter to America, written after September 11, 2001. The insightful and memorable pieces in this book serve as a testament to Atwoods career, reminding readers why she is one of the most esteemed writers of our time.About the Author:Margaret Atwoods books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaids Tale, her novels include Cats Eye, short-listed for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and Oryx and Crake. Her previous nonfiction book was Second Words, published in 1984. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibsion.
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