In this splendid volume of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, ordinary people—farmers, birdwatchers, adolescent lovers, elderly neighbors, pregnant women—are anything but ordinary.
A poet waylaid by an epic nosebleed; an awkward student trailed by an obtuse stalker; a jaded travel writer stranded on a life raft, finally facing a situation she can’t trivialize: these characters touch us deeply, evoking laughter, terror, and compassion. Punctuated by brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and occasional violence, Dancing Girls pays tribute to the sheer variety and complexity of human relationships.
“Sheer wizardry, a rich fusion of the ordinary experience made brilliant by symbol, image, and allusion.” —Los Angeles Times
“Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page.” —The Washington Post
“A stunning collection. . . . Combine[s] superb control and selectivity with an almost rambunctious vitality.” —The New York Times Book Review
"Superb control and selectivity, with an almost rambunctious vitality. . . . A stunning collection." --The New York Times Book Review
In this splendid volume of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, ordinary people—farmers, birdwatchers, adolescent lovers, elderly neighbors, pregnant women—are anything but ordinary.
A poet waylaid by an epic nosebleed; an awkward student trailed by an obtuse stalker; a jaded travel writer stranded on a life raft, finally facing a situation she can’t trivialize: these characters touch us deeply, evoking laughter, terror, and compassion. Punctuated by brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and occasional violence, Dancing Girls pays tribute to the sheer variety and complexity of human relationships.
Praise
“Sheer wizardry, a rich fusion of the ordinary experience made brilliant by symbol, image, and allusion.” —Los Angeles Times
“Atwood renders visual, aural, and tactile events in such crisp, surprising language that her images crackle off the page.” —The Washington Post
“A stunning collection. . . . Combine[s] superb control and selectivity with an almost rambunctious vitality.” —The New York Times Book Review
"Superb control and selectivity, with an almost rambunctious vitality. . . . A stunning collection." --The New York Times Book Review
