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The Edible Woman is the first novel by Margaret Atwood, published in 1969, which helped to establish Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman, Marian, whose sane, structured, consumer -oriented world starts to slip out of focus.
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood
- 1969
In "The Edible Woman," bearded men act like giant babies, a woman can be metaphorically & literally eaten, and all the young men and women are desperate and yearning to fill up their counterparts' role according to society and history.
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Oct 15, 2019 · A feminist novel by Margaret Atwood about a young woman who struggles with food, love, and identity. Learn about the plot, the characters, and the themes of this 1969 classic, such as consumerism, sexuality, and motherhood.
- Linda Napikoski
Marian goes home, distraught. Suddenly, she is inspired to a bake a woman-shaped cake —the titular edible woman. When Peter arrives, angry about Marian’s disappearance the night before, Marian serves him the cake and breaks off their engagement, telling Peter that he was trying to “destroy” her.
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Those around her fail to notice Marian’s growing alienation—until it culminates in an act of resistance that is as startling as it is imaginative. Marked by blazingly surreal humor and a colorful...
Witty, subversive, hilarious, The Edible Woman is dazzling and utterly original. It is Margaret Atwood’s brilliant first novel, and the book that introduced her as a consummate observer...
