Alias Grace
Autor*in: Atwood, Margaret; Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Jahr: 2011
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 480 S.
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- Inhalt:
- In this astonishing tour de force, Margaret Atwood takes the reader back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. In 1843, at the age of sixteen, servant girl Grace Marks was convicted for her part in the vicious murders of her employer and his mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Grace herself claims to have no memory of the murders. As Dr. Simon Jordan â€" an expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness â€" tries to unlock her memory, what will he find? Was Grace a femme fatale â€" or a weak and unwilling victim of circumstances? Taut and compelling, penetrating and wise, Alias Grace is a beautifully crafted work of the imagination that vividly evokes time and place. The novel and its characters will continue to haunt the reader long after the final page.
- Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 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; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Alias Grace
Autor*in: Atwood, Margaret; Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Verlag: Random House Digital
ISBN: 9780307797957
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage