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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cbc Radio Canada
Publication date
May 1, 2004
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780660190419
ISBN-10
0660190419
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Original list price
$24.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama.
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
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.
The price comparison is for this edition
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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