“A few light claps, a couple of words about her—nothing terrible. It’s useful—open your mouths and take it like vitamins, like a sedative.”
No. There won’t be anything sweet for her. She’ll curl up into a fist. Step forward on stage, her words tangled like a ball—she will open her mouth—and the hall will explode with blood.
A child who was born and lost; a rose in cellophane; a girl in a wheelchair; a mysterious obsession with a ridiculous outsider; astonishing cities where no one lives; bayaderes nobody has ever seen; a crash, quiet madness, and a cry of despair—life, despite everything.
The famous Canadian writer, Booker Prize laureate Margaret Atwood, turns souls inside out, breaks and rebuilds lives, reduces fears and passions to dust and recreates them again. A collection of short stories.
Contents:
Man from Mars
War in the Bathroom
Betty
Polarities
Under the Glass
Grave of a Famous Poet
Fantasies About Rape
Hair for Memory
When It Happens
Picture Report
Crested Quetzal
Intern
Poets’ Life
Ballerinas
Grain Eater
To Give Life