false 160728 20 A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, <i>Bodily Harm</i> is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges.  Rennie flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St.  Antoine she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply.  By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's <i>Bodily Harm</i> is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power, both sexual and political, and the need for compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love.<br><br><br>Margaret Atwood is the author of over twenty-five books, including fiction, poetry, and essays.  Among her most recent works are the bestselling novels <i>Alias Grace</i> and <i>The Robber Bride</i> and the collections <i>Wilderness Tips</i> and <i>Good Bones and Simple Murders.</i>  She lives in Toronto. 1005191 1981 Bodily Harm total:1144|5:112|4:361|3:477|2:157|1:37| 1144 3786 1495 78 5 10 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 23:12:53 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 25 18:01:09 -0800 2009 everything Atwood has written. Although I hesitate to say this, I think the problem is that a lot of people don't get this book. I don't want that comment to sound pretentious or holier...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:54:12 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 22:55:08 -0700 2009 5 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 07:40:19 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 07:43:09 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 08:47:46 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:07:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:35:26 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:32:23 -0700 2009
In the be...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 22:19:29 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 22:31:17 -0700 2008 see the characters, to feel as though you know them as well (or as little) as they know each other and to feel the emotions they feel toward one another is h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 10:45:39 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 14:38:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 18:27:50 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 08:51:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 28 13:21:45 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 09 13:49:23 -0700 2009 Bodily Harm because of its blatantly poco premise about a Canadian journalist who inadvertently goes to a former British colony island nation during a political coup. I am not sure which real island nation it is based on, maybe Haiti, but like all of Atwood's work, I found her ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 05:20:13 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 04:11:54 -0700 2009
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