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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Publication date
October 1, 2000
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375430855
ISBN-10
0375430857
Dimensions
1.75 by 5.75 by 7.25 in.
Weight
2.60 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$26.00
Other format details
large print
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In an imaginative, multi-layered novel, Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, Laura, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, a wealthy industrialist whose body is found aboard a sailboat, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room. 15,000 first printing. (General Fiction)
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist.
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious.
The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's 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.
Told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s, The Blind Assassin is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience. The novel has many threads and a series of events that follow one another at a breathtaking pace. As everything comes together, readers will discover that the story Atwood is telling is not only what it seems to be--but, in fact, much more.
The Blind Assassin proves once again that Atwood is one of the most talented, daring, and exciting writers of our time. Like The Handmaid's Tale, it is destined to become a classic.
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious.
The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura's 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.
Told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s, The Blind Assassin is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience. The novel has many threads and a series of events that follow one another at a breathtaking pace. As everything comes together, readers will discover that the story Atwood is telling is not only what it seems to be--but, in fact, much more.
The Blind Assassin proves once again that Atwood is one of the most talented, daring, and exciting writers of our time. Like The Handmaid's Tale, it is destined to become a classic.
Editions
Hardcover
With Margaret Eleanor Atwood |
from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (November 2, 2009); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9781408802786 | details & prices | 544 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 2.55 lbs | List price $38.70
This edition also contains Blind Assassin, Blind Assassin
About: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.
This edition also contains Blind Assassin, Blind Assassin
About: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (October 1, 2000); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780375430855 | details & prices | 5.75 × 7.25 × 1.75 in. | 2.60 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
from McClelland & Stewart Ltd (September 30, 2000); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780771008634 | details & prices | List price $37.99
from Nan a Talese (September 1, 2000); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780385475723 | details & prices | 521 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 2.00 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (August 1, 2000); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780747549376 | details & prices | List price $55.01
About: 'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.
About: 'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.
Paperback
from Anchor Books (August 1, 2001); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780385720953 | details & prices | 521 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
CD/Spoken Word
from Btc Audio Books (September 30, 2005); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780864924018 | details & prices | 5.75 × 5.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $24.95
About: In this mesmerizing dramatization of Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Iris Chase reflects on her privileged yet troubled youth in 1930s Toronto and the events leading up to the car crash that killed her younger sister.
About: In this mesmerizing dramatization of Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Iris Chase reflects on her privileged yet troubled youth in 1930s Toronto and the events leading up to the car crash that killed her younger sister.
from Btc Audio Books (September 30, 2005); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780864924018 | details & prices | 5.75 × 5.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $24.95
About: In this mesmerizing dramatization of Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Iris Chase reflects on her privileged yet troubled youth in 1930s Toronto and the events leading up to the car crash that killed her younger sister.
About: In this mesmerizing dramatization of Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Iris Chase reflects on her privileged yet troubled youth in 1930s Toronto and the events leading up to the car crash that killed her younger sister.
Abridged edition from Cbc Radio Canada (May 1, 2004); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780660190419 | details & prices | List price $24.95
About: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.
About: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Margot Dionne (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Bantam Audio (September 1, 2000); titled "The Blind Assassin"
9780553527568 | details & prices | 4.50 × 6.25 × 2.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $39.95
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
About: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.
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