The Edible Woman

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On sale Mar 16, 1998 | 320 Pages | 9780385491068

A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor, The Edible Woman is an unforgettable masterpiece by a master of contemporary literary fiction. Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Maria McAlphin: she can’t eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seeds—everything! Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling that she's being eaten. Maria ought to feel consumed with passion, but she really just feels . . . consumed.

“Margaret Atwood takes risks and wins.” —Time

“Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity and imaginative acuity.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century.” —Vogue

“Chock-full of startling images, superbly and classically crafted. . . . Kept me in stitches half the time.” —Saturday Night

“Atwood has the magic of turning the particular and the parochial into the universal.” —The Times (London)
© Ruven Afanador
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize.

Atwood has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to litera­ture. She lives in Toronto. View titles by Margaret Atwood

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A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor, The Edible Woman is an unforgettable masterpiece by a master of contemporary literary fiction. Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Maria McAlphin: she can’t eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seeds—everything! Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling that she's being eaten. Maria ought to feel consumed with passion, but she really just feels . . . consumed.

“Margaret Atwood takes risks and wins.” —Time

“Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity and imaginative acuity.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century.” —Vogue

“Chock-full of startling images, superbly and classically crafted. . . . Kept me in stitches half the time.” —Saturday Night

“Atwood has the magic of turning the particular and the parochial into the universal.” —The Times (London)

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© Ruven Afanador
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize.

Atwood has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to litera­ture. She lives in Toronto. View titles by Margaret Atwood