what is your favorite Margaret Atwood book?

[JitterbugPerfume]

Oryx and Crake / Year of the Flood are mine , at least they are today . I named both books because they are different views of the same apocalyptic future .

[bowens43]

1. Without a doubt, my favorite is The Handmaid's Tale

I liked Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood but for me they had nowhere near the impact of the Handmaid's Tale.

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. The Handmaids Tale

scared the bejeezus out of me.In other words, I loved it

[Hello_Kitty]

8. I remember an interview with Atwood years ago about the book

She said that women in Canada and the UK thought it was a "jolly good yarn" while women in the U.S. were coming up to her at book signings and expressing how realistically frightening it was.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. A Handmaid's Tale first and The Robber Bride second. eom

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. MANY years ago

we had a detailed discussion in GD on The Handmaids Tale.
It was one of our best discussions ever , but it was so long ago that it was in the old DU! We just don't go into that much depth on our book discussions any more

[AlinPA]

5. The Handmaid's Tale. Fundamentalists take over, today's republican dream. nt

[fadedrose]

10. This is a "horror" book?

Too scary for me.

[JitterbugPerfume]

12. the total subjugation of women

even to the point of changing their identity

[rocktivity]

6. Life Before Man

:headbang:
rocktivity

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. I haven't read that one yet

tell us about it?

[rocktivity]

9. Well, the themes are really quite familiar

Bad memories, bad marriages, guilt, lust, infidelity. But I guess that's what so great about Atwood: to merely recite her plotlines makes them kind of dull. It's how she writes them that make it matter.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[kestrel91316]

11. The Handmaid's Tale. Probably one of my top 5 favorite novels.

[eablair3]

13. Where does everyone rank The Blind Assassin?

just wondering, ... as I haven't seen The Blind Assassin mentioned in this thread ... didn't she win the Booker Prize for it?

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. The Blind Assassin

is a wonderful book. It really is hard to pick a favorite.

[mainer]

14. I loved Alias Grace

Surprising twist at the end.

[BlueIris]

15. True Stories/Two-Headed Poems.

I think Atwood's poetry is far, far superior to her prose.

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. I have

morning in the burned house and The Door . I agree that her poetry is amazingly beautiful.

No one so far has mentioned Cats Eye. It is about the cruel way little girls behave toward other girls. It is "can't lay it down" book.

[pitohui]

18. yes i will vote for "cat's eye"

damned good book, i guess "the robber bride" is my second favorite

but they are all wonderful