Comments on: McInerney, Atwood on Rattlebag http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/03/15/mcinerney-atwood-on-rattlebag/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:29:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Duckie http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/03/15/mcinerney-atwood-on-rattlebag/#comment-2120 Duckie Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:06:29 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/03/15/mcinerney-atwood-on-rattlebag/#comment-2120 There's nobody quite like Margaret Atwood. If all the writers in the world stopped writing except her, I don't think I'd mind all that much. And I expect she would have something amusing to say about it. The Tent is a wonderful book to dip and dive into when you've got a spare 10 minutes. I generally wait for paperbacks, not because I'm scabby, but I genuinely find hardbacks too cumbersome (particularly when they fall on me) but this one is light and beautifully bound (and illustrated by Atwood herself) so is good to drink now. I'd also recommend the recently published "The Penelopiad" from the Cannongate Myths Series. It’s an utterly absorbing retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseuss - from Penelope’s viewpoint… “Spry is a word that could almost have been invented to describe Margaret Atwood, who beadily and wittily retells the events surrounding the Odyssey through the voice of Penelope. Pragmatic, clever, domestic, mournful, Penelope is a perfect Atwood heroineâ€? The Spectator There’s nobody quite like Margaret Atwood. If all the writers in the world stopped writing except her, I don’t think I’d mind all that much. And I expect she would have something amusing to say about it.

The Tent is a wonderful book to dip and dive into when you’ve got a spare 10 minutes. I generally wait for paperbacks, not because I’m scabby, but I genuinely find hardbacks too cumbersome (particularly when they fall on me) but this one is light and beautifully bound (and illustrated by Atwood herself) so is good to drink now.

I’d also recommend the recently published “The Penelopiad” from the Cannongate Myths Series. It’s an utterly absorbing retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseuss - from Penelope’s viewpoint…

“Spry is a word that could almost have been invented to describe Margaret Atwood, who beadily and wittily retells the events surrounding the Odyssey through the voice of Penelope. Pragmatic, clever, domestic, mournful, Penelope is a perfect Atwood heroine� The Spectator

]]> By: Red Mum http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/03/15/mcinerney-atwood-on-rattlebag/#comment-1876 Red Mum Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:05:13 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/03/15/mcinerney-atwood-on-rattlebag/#comment-1876 I caught Margaret Attwood, she was brilliant, humourous, but then I love her so I might be biased. I caught Margaret Attwood, she was brilliant, humourous, but then I love her so I might be biased.

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