Burning Questions: Exclusive Edition (Paperback)
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Burning Questions: Exclusive Edition (Paperback)

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Paperback 448 Pages
Published: 07/09/2023
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From big tech to breakfast cereal, the iconic author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments dissects the 21st century so far in a series of impish and insightful essays.

Exclusive Edition with extra essay from the author on writing

A Standard Edition is also available

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 the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought 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 guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 2928377219857
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 500 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 35 mm

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“Like a lovely chat with an old friend!”

"Burning Questions" by Margaret Atwood was a delight to read!
It felt almost like I was having a long, lovely chat with an old friend, in front of a cup of tea.
I particularly enjoyed the autobiographic... More

Hardback edition
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“Her latest collection of essays, commentary and criticism”

This is a new collection of commentary, articles, talks and reviews all of which are, exactly as one might expect, erudite, witty and thoughtful. It’s no surprise that Margaret Atwood can write well about almost... More

Hardback edition
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“Burning Questions : Essays 2004-2021 Margaret Atwood”

Even when the writers whose books are being reviewed in some of the essays are unknown to one the essay itself has something to say about the human condition. The other essays once again speak to us about where we are... More

Hardback edition
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