The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood/Starting Out

by Rosemary Sullivan

Book Overview

From the author of the Governor General's Award winner Shadow Maker and the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize winner Stalin's DaughterMore than thirty years after the publication of The Handmaid's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002554232
• ISBN13: 9780002554237
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Delightful analysis of the life and times of a young Atwood

This intriguing book tells about the early life of Margaret Atwood in great detail, and then skims through the last couple of decades. Rosemary Sullivan has done a remarkable job of recreating the '40's, '50's, '60's and '70's, and how they influenced (and eventually were influenced by!) Canada's #1 writer. Having interviewed Atwood, many of her friends and associates, ex-husband and present husband, and also using contemporary correspondence, Sullivan seems to have an authentic understanding of how Atwood developed into such an amazing, prolific writer. Always respectful, Sullivan keeps her focus on what in Atwood's life is relevant to her as a writer. This is a very intelligently written biography, with an incredible amount of research and very astute analyses, and should be a satisfying read for any fan of Margaret Atwood's, without feeling like you have invaded her privacy.