Bluebeard's Egg

by Margaret Atwood

In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks behind the familiar world of family summers at remote lakes, ordinary lives, and unexpected loves, and she unearths profound truths. A melancholy, teenage love is swept away by a Canadian hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds; a potter tries to come to terms with the group of poets who so smother her that she is driven into the arms of her accountant; and, in the title story, the Bluebeard legend is retold as an ironic tale of marital deception. Stark and scathing at times, humorous and compassionate at others, "Bluebeard"'"s Egg" confirms once again Atwood's reputation as the pre-eminent chronicler of our times.

• ISBN10: 0224022458
• ISBN13: 9780224022453
• Publish Date: 4 June 1987 (first published 1 January 1983)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 August 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 281
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jennifer | Pushing Pages]

Technically, because I read the Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar, this was part of my lectures in the class I took with the aforementioned book assigned. But I just decided to go on a Bluebeard spree and find other related tales because I really enjoyed the collection of Bluebeard tales, and wanted to include a review this specifically. Bluebeard tales are definitely worth exploring.

Atwood's had one or two works that I wasn't a fan of, but the more I read from her the more I actually love her work.