In the prologue of The Blind Assassin by Laura Chase, in The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, the ubiquitous photograph is described. Man and woman sitting under a tree, a hand cropped from the frame. The man’s face is shaded by a light colored hat, his hand outstretched (protecting himself, protecting her,) cigarette between his [...]
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The Blind Assassin
17 May 2008 – 10:29 pm
To date we have only read one other Man Booker Prize winner, Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. The criteria for the Booker is that the book must be in English and the author a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. Margaret Atwood had been nominated five times before winning the [...]
