false 1101078 3 ' Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can't refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no' Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and poet. Ranging from book reviews of John Updike and Toni Morrison to an appreciation of Dashiell Hammet; an account of a journey in Afghanistan that sowed the seeds of The Handmaid's Tale; passionate ecological writings; funny stories of 'my most embarrassing moments'; obituaries of some of her great friends and fellow writers: Angela Carter, Mordecai Richler, Carol Shields. This is an insightful, thoughtful and revealing record of the life and times and writings of Margaret Atwood from 1970 to the present. 971252 5 5 2005 Curious Pursuits total:26|5:1|4:0|3:0|2:0|1:0| 26 110 69 3 4 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 13:21:55 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 13:22:26 -0700 2007 Curious Pursuits is a collection of some of Atwood's shorter non-fiction writing, including some forty seven separate pieces — reviews, speeches, essays and obituaries — which were written between 1970 and 2005. Some of the pieces were about books which I had already read, while others concerned...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 12:50:24 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:14:38 -0700 2009 The Handmaid's Tale (and, later, Oryx and Crake) as Speculative Fiction rather than Science Fiction - a definition that has been haunting her ever since in book reviews whenev...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 23 00:26:45 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 00:05:08 -0700 2007 This book is a decent collection of some her non-f...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:36:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:36:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 02:42:13 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 02:42:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 06:33:24 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 06:33:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 10:29:07 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 10:29:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 16:02:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:02:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 14:03:07 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 14:03:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 23:12:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 23:12:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 08:56:36 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:57:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 19:26:38 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:26:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 13:01:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:01:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 01:00:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 01:00:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 10 18:39:22 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 18:39:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 07 15:34:32 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:34:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 04 10:38:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:38:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 05:45:58 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 05:46:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 01:06:41 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 01:06:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 03:03:52 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 03:03:52 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1101078