Margaret Atwood : the essential guide to contemporary literature

One of a series introducing some of the most exciting works in contemporary fiction.

This volume deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques employed by Margaret Atwood in "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Blind Assassin" and "Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories.

It also features an interview with the author, detailed reading plans, questions for essays and discussion, contextual materials, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, a picture essay, extracts from reviews, a biography, and a reading list of literary criticism.