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Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004–2021

Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004–2021

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  • Author：Margaret Atwood
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Summary

** A 2022 Book to Look Forward To in The Times， i， Financial Times， Guardian， Evening Standard， New Statesman， Cosmopolitan and SheerLuxe **

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny， erudite， endlessly curious， uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:

Why do people everywhere， in all cultures， tell stories？
How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating？
How can we live on our planet？
Is it true？ And is it fair？
What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism？

In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world， and reports back to us on what she finds。 The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history， a financial crash， the rise of Trump and a pandemic。 From debt to tech， the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young （answer: only when asked） to how to define granola， we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe。

'Brilliant and funny' Joan Didion

'She's taken our times and made us wise to them' Ali Smith

'Lights a fire from the fears of our age 。 。 。 Miraculously balances humor， outrage， and beauty' New York Times Book Review

'All over the reading world， the history books are being opened to the next blank page and Atwood's name is written at the top of it' Anne Enright， Guardian

'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times

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Reviews

Helen Frost ，

An absolute treat for the mind。 I’d read The Handmaid’s Tale many years ago， as part of my English Literature A Level and had great respect for Margaret Atwood from that point。 I loved her highly original storyline， but also her great insight and observations into human nature。 I’ve since enjoyed her follow up to HMT， The Testaments， plus watched and enjoyed the associated TV adaptations。 The chance to ARC these， non fiction， essays was something I therefore jumped at。This book takes diverse and An absolute treat for the mind。 I’d read The Handmaid’s Tale many years ago， as part of my English Literature A Level and had great respect for Margaret Atwood from that point。 I loved her highly original storyline， but also her great insight and observations into human nature。 I’ve since enjoyed her follow up to HMT， The Testaments， plus watched and enjoyed the associated TV adaptations。 The chance to ARC these， non fiction， essays was something I therefore jumped at。This book takes diverse and thought provoking topics and gives the author’s own， unique and intelligent， feelings and take on them and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the essays。 It was a real privilege to get to know the author better through her personal and honest thoughts and feelings and she does not hold back even amongst the more demanding and controversial subject areas which was refreshing and humbling。 I found I share a lot of her thought processes and ideals and I challenged some of my own preconceived ideas along the way too。 My ARC copy had a few formatting problems， for example certain letter patterns were omitted eg -ff and -th and any numeric values were also missing。 This actually didn’t detract too much however， it made it feel as though I was cracking some mystic code to unlock secrets and it was more than worth it。 A definite recommend from me。 。。。more

Sarah ，

2。5 rounded upBurning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004–2021 collects Atwood's essays， speeches， book forewords and other miscellaneous non-fiction pieces produced of the last 17 years。 This latest collection follows Moving Targets: Writing with Intent 1982 - 2004 / Writing with Intent: Essays， Reviews， Personal Prose， 1983-2005 and Second Words: Selected Critical Prose。As can be seen from the above wide range of formats of the pieces included， the book covers a number of mediums and 2。5 rounded upBurning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004–2021 collects Atwood's essays， speeches， book forewords and other miscellaneous non-fiction pieces produced of the last 17 years。 This latest collection follows Moving Targets: Writing with Intent 1982 - 2004 / Writing with Intent: Essays， Reviews， Personal Prose， 1983-2005 and Second Words: Selected Critical Prose。As can be seen from the above wide range of formats of the pieces included， the book covers a number of mediums and a large variety of topics。 My own personal preference would have been for these to have been reduced / streamlined in quantity to form a more coherent overall collection - or maybe if they had been presented in a different way， as reading the forewords to a couple of random books in a row and out of context doesn't really appeal to me， and I'd rather the book was more curated or grouped by topic than presented chronologically。 Perhaps one more for the completist Atwood fans among us， but I think I'll probably be sticking to her fiction in the future。 Thank you Netgalley and Vintage for the advance copy， which was provided in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Roman Clodia ，

This is a compilation of Atwood's talks， speeches， book reviews， published forewords and other miscellaneous pieces from 2004 forwards。 What is striking is the sheer range of Atwood's interests and the way she manages to put herself into her words making them both public and personal。 The talks and lectures do read as verbal pieces and there are presentational things that we say， that we wouldn't generally write。 But everything she turns her hand to is insightful without ever becoming supercilio This is a compilation of Atwood's talks， speeches， book reviews， published forewords and other miscellaneous pieces from 2004 forwards。 What is striking is the sheer range of Atwood's interests and the way she manages to put herself into her words making them both public and personal。 The talks and lectures do read as verbal pieces and there are presentational things that we say， that we wouldn't generally write。 But everything she turns her hand to is insightful without ever becoming supercilious or know-all-y （despite the fact she really does know an awful lot！） With no soapbox feel， no posturing， no beating us over the head， this is a shared kind of conversation， no matter how urgent the topics。 From insider views on her writing and books， to her thoughts on Doris Lessing and Simone de Beauvoir， to the climate emergency and erosion of democracy， Atwood is passionate but balanced， eminently reasonable though incisive， with a keen eye on the intersections between literature and politics。Thanks to Vintage/Chatto & Windus for an ARC via NetGalley 。。。more

Henk ，

Excited！ So satisfying to see how prolific an author Margaret Atwood is！www。cbc。ca/amp/1。6049883 Excited！ So satisfying to see how prolific an author Margaret Atwood is！www。cbc。ca/amp/1。6049883 。。。more

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