Margaret Atwood
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| Title | : | Alias Grace |
| Author | : | Margaret Atwood |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 468 pages |
| Published | : | December 1996 by Doubleday Nan A. Talese (first published September 7th 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Cultural. Canada |
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It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.Present Books Conducive To Alias Grace
| Original Title: | Alias Grace |
| ISBN: | 0385475713 (ISBN13: 9780385475716) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Grace Marks |
| Setting: | Toronto, Ontario(Canada) Kingston, Ontario(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (1996), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1997), Scotiabank Giller Prize (1996), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1996), Governor General's |
| Literary Awards: | / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général Nominee for Fiction (1996) Mikael Agricola -palkinto (1998), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1998) |
Rating Containing Books Alias Grace
Ratings: 4.03 From 101584 Users | 6010 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books Alias Grace
Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess, Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor... Highlight of 2017 for me!A pure gem. That is Alias Grace, for me. Another grand work of Margaret Atwood. Atwood, described as one of the most brilliant and unpredictable novelists alive (Literary Review)and also: A witty, elegant, generous and patient writer. I would say a strong-minded, self-willed, wayward writer, sometimes also dark and ruthless. This story keeps you hooked from
Another excellent novel from the pen of Margaret Atwood this is her masterly, fictionalised retelling of the life of Grace Marks and the part that she allegedly may or may not have played in the murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery.The story takes place in the early to mid-19th Century and is written for the most part around Grace Marks supposed retelling of her life story to the fictional Dr Simon Jordan events unfolds to the reader as they are told to Dr Jordan. This includes Grace
I felt about Alias Grace the same way I did about probably half of Atwood's novels I've read so far - I just didn't fully get it. Nobody conveys Life ain't easy for a woman message as well as Atwood. Past, present, future - the living is rough for women. It is particularly unpleasant for Grace Marks, a young servant girl in mid-19th century Canada, accused of murdering her employer and his housekeeper with the help of her co-worker and alleged paramour, and who is locked up first in an insane
I keep kicking myself for having ditched the Atwood Speaking Gala at A.W.P. in Chicago this year. The fierce literati kept the attendance so high that it was virtually as if Lady Gaga herself were to give a lecture on her impressive body of work. I was more interested in walking all around Chitown, anyway, but I really (sorta) regret not having nabbed a coveted seat. She was probably amazing: uberclever & brilliant.Without two minor (teeny) infractions, Alias Grace is pretty much a
All the same, Murderess is a strong word to have attached to you. It has a smell to it, that word---musky and oppressive, like dead flowers in a vase. Sometimes at night I whisper it over to myself: Murderess, Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt across the floor. Sketches made of Grace Marks and James McDermott during their sensationalized trial.Grace Marks, at the age of 16 in 1843, was arrested along with James McDermott for the murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his
Leave it to Margaret Atwood to turn a real-crime novel into a conversation about gender and class! I have to say, I never really know what I am getting into with an Atwood novel: she always goes somewhere unexpected, thought-provoking and cleverly multi-layered.Grace Marks was accused - along with stable-hand James McDermott - of murdering her employer and his house-keeper, but her death sentence was commuted to a lifetime imprisonment. Every official version of her story seem to contradict each
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