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Dancing Girls

By Margaret Atwood

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| Paperback | 9780385491099

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This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional intelligence. Her men and women still miscommunicate, still remain separate in different rooms, different houses, or even different worlds. With brilliant flashContinue

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Oh, look at all the lonely people

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"We have so little time and he just lies there, rolled up like a rug, not even twitching. I think of waking him, I want to make love, I want all there is because there's not much left. I start to think what he will do after I'm over and I can't stand that, maybe I should ... (continue)

From the book itself:
"We have so little time and he just lies there, rolled up like a rug, not even twitching. I think of waking him, I want to make love, I want all there is because there's not much left. I start to think what he will do after I'm over and I can't stand that, maybe I should kill him, that's a novel idea, how melodramatic; nevertheless I look around the room for a blunt instrument; there's nothing but the bedside lamp, a grotesque woodland nymph with metal tits and a lightbulb coming out of her head. I could never kill anyone with that. Instead I brush my teeth."

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annemarie said on Oct 5, 2006 | Add your feedback

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I always enjoy Attwood - and find her short stories engaging, however I forget what was in the book very quickly so for that reason it's not got and "I love it!"

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yclepta said on Nov 18, 2006 | Add your feedback

I've never cared over much for Atwood's short stories. There are a few I enjoyed, but on the whole I'm not bothered if I never read this again.

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Hold Your Spin said on Dec 4, 2006 | Add your feedback