{"product_id":"selected-poems-2-1976-1986-9780395454060","title":"Selected Poems 2: 1976 - 1986","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 2 \u003c\/em\u003eis an essential collection from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author Margaret Atwood, tracing her work from 1976-1986.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated as a major novelist throughout the English-speaking world, Margaret Atwood is also one of our most significant contemporary poets.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 2 \u003c\/em\u003epresents her work in the decade following 1976--important years of change and new themes in her poetry. It includes selections from \u003cem\u003eTwo-Headed Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1978), \u003cem\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1981), \u003cem\u003eInterlunar\u003c\/em\u003e (1984), and prose poems from \u003cem\u003eMurder in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e (1983). As in her fiction, Atwood ruminates on oppression and injustice and on the genders and their discontents, but beyond these surface dissonances we hear the music of compassion and fellowship and love. \"Marked by an unflinching inspection of the world\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 2\u003c\/em\u003e contains some of Atwood's most extraordinary writing and is sure to captivate readers for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtwood, Margaret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (now a Hulu series) and its sequel \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003e her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy), \u003ci\u003eThe Robber Bride, Cat's Eye, The Penelopiad, The Heart Goes Last, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed, \u003c\/i\u003ea novel revisitation of Shakespeare's play \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest, \u003c\/i\u003efor the Hogarth Shakespeare Project. Her latest book of short stories is \u003ci\u003eStone Mattress: Nine Tales.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the author of the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eAngel Cat­bird \u003c\/i\u003e(with co-creator Johnnie Christmas). Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565841879314,"sku":"9780395454060","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e33f1fbc-cb95-48bb-ad26-f7c5ee341f19.jpg?v=1731888733","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-poems-2-1976-1986-9780395454060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}