search for books and compare prices
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publication date
August 1, 2001
Pages
521
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385720953
ISBN-10
0385720955
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Heart Goes Last | Stone Mattress | The Edible Woman | The Maddaddam Trilogy | Oryx and Crake | Cat's Eye | Alias Grace
The Heart Goes Last | Stone Mattress | The Edible Woman | The Maddaddam Trilogy | Oryx and Crake | Cat's Eye | Alias Grace
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. Winner of the Booker Prize. Reprint. 300,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)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.
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
The price comparison is for this edition
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 Atwoods 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 Atwoods 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 Atwoods 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 Atwoods 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.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.