false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg 3428252 6 Collected here, the Massey Lectures from legendary novelist Margaret Atwood investigate the highly topical subject of debt. She doesn’t talk about high finance or managing money; instead, she goes far deeper to explore debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies. By looking at how debt has informed our thinking from preliterate times to the present day, from the stories we tell of revenge and sin to the way we order social relationships, Atwood argues that the idea of what we owe may well be built into the human imagination as one of its most dynamic metaphors. Her final lecture addresses the notion of a debt to nature and the need to find new ways of interacting with the natural world before it is too late. 3469132 1 11 2008 Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (CBC Massey Lecture) total:257|5:54|4:110|3:61|2:28|1:4| 257 953 614 84 5111719 0887848109 9780887848100 14 4 3.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5111719.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 2 3 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:14:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:17:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Tue Feb 17 10:45:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:44:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 18:47:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 20:31:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 0 0 false Fri Jun 19 12:04:01 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:12:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 1 false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:27:07 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:42:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 5 0 false Thu Sep 17 11:17:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:47:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:20:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:24:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 1 false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:17:47 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 12:45:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 5 0 false Tue Nov 10 07:50:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 07:55:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 0 0 false Fri Mar 20 12:16:42 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:16:42 -0700 2009 Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth - Margaret Atwood

As you probably know i am an Atwood FANATIC. This was a fun read, for me, perhaps not for you. Finding her extended discussion of the somewhat obscure and favorite book of mine Precious Bane by Mary Webb was a real pleasure. N...more...]]> 5111719 0887848109 9780887848100 14 4 3.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5111719.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 0 false Mon Feb 09 20:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:24:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 0 false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:49:55 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:27:47 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 10:47:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 10:50:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5111719 0887848109 9780887848100 14 4 3.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5111719.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 12:58:58 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 05:02:35 -0800 2009 Payback is the fourth Margaret Atwood book I've read in as many months, and although I doubt it would appeal to anyone but the most devoted Atwood fan, it is a playfully-written and unexpected exploration of what she calls the "human construct" of debt.

The book is divided into...more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 5 2 false Mon Oct 20 13:27:07 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:29:54 -0700 2008 ]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:48:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 21:12:05 -0700 2009 But I really wish there was an over-arching thread, ap...more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 1 false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 09:36:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:26:17 -0700 2009 Payback. This is not a book about consumer debt (or government debt) and how to get out of it; instead, Atwood uses her exceptional erudition and playful wit to talk about “debt” as a concept that is central to ...more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 3 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:45:41 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:45:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 4 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 11:43:15 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 11:46:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3428252 0887848001 9780887848001 236 79 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255729929m/3428252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428252.Payback_Debt_and_the_Shadow_Side_of_Wealth 5 0 false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 20:29:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 21:16:31 -0800 2009 once more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3428252