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Atwood also writes about her peers: John Updike, Marina Warner, Italo Calvino, Marian Engel, Toni Morrison, Angela Carter, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mordecai Richler, Elmore Leonard, and Ursula Le Guin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a landmark volume from a major writer whose worldwide readership is in the millions, and whose work has influenced and entertained generations. \u003ci\u003eMoving Targets\u003c\/i\u003e is also the companion volume to the recently reissued \u003ci\u003eSecond Words\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-22T16:12:28-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-22T11:19:42-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Atwood Margaret","Feminist Reads","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2004-09-04"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40195602382907,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487006969","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Moving Targets - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":540,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487006969","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40195605135419,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849114","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Moving Targets - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887849114","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40195606577211,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896994","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Moving Targets - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896994","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_709b118f-174f-4fa3-8ff3-9f8c1242d4b5.jpg?v=1678600110"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_709b118f-174f-4fa3-8ff3-9f8c1242d4b5.jpg?v=1678600110","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A woman with light skin tone holds a bow and arrow taught and ready for the release of the arrow. 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From the aunts who encouraged her nascent writing career to the influence of George Orwell’s \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, we trace the movement of Atwood’s fertile and curious mind in action over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtwood’s controversial political pieces, “Napoleon’s Two Biggest Mistakes” and “Letter to America” — both not-so-veiled warnings about the repercussions of the war in Iraq — also appear, alongside pieces that exhibit her active concern for the environment, the North, and the future of the human race. Atwood also writes about her peers: John Updike, Marina Warner, Italo Calvino, Marian Engel, Toni Morrison, Angela Carter, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mordecai Richler, Elmore Leonard, and Ursula Le Guin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a landmark volume from a major writer whose worldwide readership is in the millions, and whose work has influenced and entertained generations. \u003ci\u003eMoving Targets\u003c\/i\u003e is also the companion volume to the recently reissued \u003ci\u003eSecond Words\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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