Brave Cripple

Author: Margaret Atwood
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author today, and her early works such as The Edible Woman are familiar to Chinese readers. This book is her influential work published in 2000, which won the prestigious British literary award—the Booker Prize that year. It is a novel with a complex and intricate structure, featuring stories within stories. The novel has two female protagonists: one is Laura, who dies in a car accident at the very beginning of the story; the other is her sister Alice, who lives in the shadow of the deceased and recalls memories that are nearly forgotten. The story of the Blind Assassin was written by Laura before her death, describing the romance between a wealthy young lady and a fugitive poor boy during the turbulent 1930s. At the same time, this couple imagined a story set on another planet. This fictional tale is filled with love, sacrifice, and betrayal. Similarly, in real life, Alice marries the businessman Richard, which appears to be a happy marriage to outsiders. However, unbeknownst to her, Richard extends his dark influence toward his sister-in-law, Laura, making her car accident raise suspicions.