{"product_id":"old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593677940","title":"Old Babes in the Wood: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling collection of fifteen short stories from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Atwood has established herself as a beloved cultural icon and one of the most visionary and canonical authors of her generation. In this collection comprised of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e--Atwood speaks to our times with her characteristic wit and intellect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf special significance are the seven works revolving around the long-term married couple Tig and Nell. Acting as bookends for the collection, these stories look deeply in the heart of what it means to spend a life together, with the four stories in Part I relating tales from their married life, and the three stories at the end showing Nell's reality in the aftermath of Tig's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn other works, two sisters grapple with loss and memory in \"Old Babes in the Wood\"; \"Impatient Griselda\" reprises the folkloric role of Griselda in Bocaccio's \u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring alienation and miscommunication; and \"Evil Mother\" touching on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection, \u003ci\u003eStone Mattress\u003c\/i\u003e, Atwood's storytelling gifts and unmistakable style are on full display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGARET 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eOryx and Crake\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Flood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaddAddam\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Large Print Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697895608594,"sku":"9780593677940","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_765c375d-fb51-4b2d-8d70-0040f703bcf6.jpg?v=1734311097","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593677940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}