01389nam a2200193   4500008004100000020001800041037004100059041001200100082002100112100002000133245003900153250000600192260003500198300000800233500083100241650003501072650004501107650004301152260107b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781784744496  cPurchasednMathrubhumi Books, Kaloor  aEnglish  a818.5409bMAR/BO  aMargaret Atwood  aBOOK OF LIVESb: Memoir of Stories  a1  aLondonbUK Penguin Booksc2025  g599  aaised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become 'Cat's Eye' to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began 'The Handmaid's Tale'. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel  aAmerican literature in English  aMiscellaneous writings (essays, memoirs)  aBiography / autobiographical treatment