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. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. "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. Winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Hammett Prize, Time's best novel of the year 2000, and one of Time's top 100 novels since 1923. From the author of "The Handmaid's Tale," inspiration for the Hulu original television adaptation. Ink gift note on front endpaper, jacket spine a bit faded. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, Inc, 2000.
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