Zusatztext Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour! she has wit and style in abundance...a real joy to read Informationen zum Autor Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes. Klappentext '"Clara," she said, "do you think I'm normal?" "I'd say you're almost abnormally normal, if you know what I mean."' Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine - and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . . 'Written with a brilliant angry energy' Observer 'A witty, elegant, generous and patient writer' Punch 'Reflections on marriage, guilt and the relationship between the sexes - classic Atwood territory' Guardian Vorwort Reissue of t he novel that put the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale on the literary map Zusammenfassung She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach...

Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour, she has wit and style in abundance...a real joy to read

Vorwort
Reissue of t**he novel that put the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale on the literary map**

Autorentext
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes.

Klappentext

'"Clara," she said, "do you think I'm normal?"
"I'd say you're almost abnormally normal, if you know what I mean."'

Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine - and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . .

'Written with a brilliant angry energy' *Observer

• 'A witty, elegant, generous and patient writer' *Punch

• 'Reflections on marriage, guilt and the relationship between the sexes - classic Atwood territory' Guardian

  Zusammenfassung
  She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach...