Burning questions : essays and occasional pieces, 2004-2021 / Margaret Atwood.
Publication details: London, UK : Chatto & Windus, 2022.Description: 475 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781784744519
- 1784744514
- 2000-2099
- Essais américains -- 21e siècle
- Culture populaire -- 21e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- American essays
- Popular culture
- American essays -- 21st century
- Popular culture -- History -- 21st century
- Canadian essays
- History, Modern -- 21st century
- Popular culture -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Social impact of disasters
- US & CAN essays & speeches
- Literature
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 814.54 ATW | Available | 064058 |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? In over 50 pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom, from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe.