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Title: Surfacing by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0-385-49105-0 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 16 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.51 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Turn your analytical brain off and enjoy this
Comment: Average of Three STARS? That is an indication that some reviewers don't 'get' this book.
This book, one of Atwood's earlier works, was written with a great deal of metaphor symbolism etched so skillfully into the content of the book, you may not realize that until you've reached the end, and have an "aha" experience, in some ways similar (though without the visual shock effect) to the way I felt at the end of watching Sixth Sense (the movie).
If you like Margaret Atwood, you will greatly enjoy seeing her young mind at work, as she shows us the unraveling mind of a young woman looking for something in the Canadian woods one week-end.
This book is effective and touching if you can move with it - but it isn't a linear-read. The missing plot and underdeveloped characters are not missing or underdeveloped at all -- read without that analytical side of the brain, and the treasures will 'surface'. Undo expectations and flow emotionally with it -- you won't be disappointed.
(my original paperback version has $1.50 marked on it!). The original version is falling apart, and I wanted to own another - glad to see it is still here (oh, my but look at the price now!)
Rating: 4
Summary: Quest Symbolism in The Twilight Zone
Comment: "Surfacing" is the second Atwood book I've experienced, and to be honest, I found her narrative style in this one more accessible than in "The Handmaid's Tale". The first 165 pages evoke a cynicism rooted deep in the apathy of 1970's North American culture, especially from a Canadian perspective. While Americans may find the references to the "flag-waving Yankees" the narrator loathes so much a bit distasteful in the light of recent events, the book must be taken as a narrative of one woman's personal struggle. While many of the narrator's opinions may find readers slightly offended, they provide a vehicle for her own personal frustration. The last few chapters seem a bit far-fetched compared to the others, but then again, I don't recommend reading the entire book in one sitting for that very reason. Though turned off by some elements of "weirdness" (the very same reason I didn't get into "The Handmaid's Tale"), I found "Surfacing" to be one of the most psychologically-challenging novels I've read, and perhaps the discomfort I felt while finishing the last page is post-magical-realism at its finest-- "There's no way this could happen...I think. Well...maybe?"
Try it out for yourself, but please don't judge its value on a few anti-American references. Remember, she's Canadian, and the book was written in the 70's.
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome Book!!!
Comment: Surfacing was an excellent book. For me, the pages just seemed to turn by themselves.
The main character who remains nameless goes on an
excursion, with a married couple and another male friend, to find
her father. They stay in his cabin, where memories haunt the main character, and adventures follow them, one after another.
If you've never been camping, this is the book to read.
It'll take you there!!!
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Title: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491069 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 16 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491085 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491077 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491107 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491093 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 18 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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