Summary
Margaret Atwood's deeply unsettling psychological novel portrays the disorientation of Rennie Wilford, a young Canadian journalist who suffers a nervous breakdown and travels to the tiny Caribbean island of St. Antoine to recuperate. There, in a world that is as foreign to her as outer space, she begins to wonder if the cure is not worse than the disease.
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"Romance and adventure by a female Graham Greene at his peak." -- Marilyn French
"It knocked me out. Margaret Atwood seems to be able to do just about everything: people, places, problems, a perfect ear, an exactly right voice." -- Anatole Broyard
-- New York Times
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Center Point Pub
Published date: 2002
Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 360
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