The Blind Asassin

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: Reprint

Description: 518 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sisters death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Lauras story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.

ISBN: 9780385720953