Life Before Man
Author | : Margaret Atwood |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781446496848 |
ISBN-13 | : 1446496848 |
Rating | : 4/5 (848 Downloads) |
Download or read book Life Before Man written by Margaret Atwood and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Before Man is a tragicomic tale of love seeking to find its way in the wake of death from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments Elizabeth has just lost her latest lover to suicide while Nate, her husband, is working up to run off with Lesje. And Lesje? She would rather be studying dinosaurs than distracted by men. As Elizabeth, Nate and Lesje find themselves imprisoned by walls of their own construction the ghost of Elizabeth’s dead lover hangs over them. Under his shadow, and in the spell of love, their lives will collide and entangle towards a single tragicomic climax. ‘Tender, funny, absorbing, idiosyncratic, truthful, heartening... A liberating novel’ Literary Review