Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. The Edible Woman uses elements of the surreal as it follows a young woman named Marian whose engagement sets off an increasingly bizarre series of events, which include the loss of her ability to eat. The booker prize winning author's first novel. The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1969 Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, Canada Seller Rating: Contact seller Book First Edition Signed Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good £ 491.68 Convert currency £ 14. Join us as we interpret this text and share our experience on our Conference Blog. Jacket now housed in a removable archival sleeve. Exploring issues of gender, identity, feminism and consumerism, The Edible Women is embedded with a multiplicity of allusions, symbols and deeper meanings. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.Storyline. Published in 1969, The Edible Women propelled Margaret Atwood into the canon of Canadian Literature. Join us as we interpret this text and share our experience on our Conference Blog.

Atwood's brilliant first novel, The Edible Woman, was released in Canada in 1969 and won in 20 Richard C. Published in 1969, The Edible Women propelled Margaret Atwood into the canon of Canadian Literature. Atwood is the two time Governor General's Award winner. A willing member of the consumer society in which she lives, she suddenly finds herself identifying with the things being consumed. with slight wear to book and small chips on top borders dust jacket not price clipped, and small mark on back cover, designed by Charles Pachter and mylar protected. Original Maroon cloth book, with gilt lettering on spine, with a small vertical stain on the right side of the front end paper, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by Atwood in blue ink on the title page 'For Mary Lou - Best Wishes, from this decorative cake - Margaret Atwood 1971'.

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