Brave Cripple

Author: (Canada) Margaret Atwood (Atwood, M.) Author, Han Zhonghua Translator
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian female writer, known to Chinese readers for her early works such as The Edible Woman. 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 ingenious 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 on the verge of being 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 young man during the turbulent 1930s. At the same time, this couple imagined a story set on another planet. This fictional story is filled with love, sacrifice, and betrayal. Similarly, in real life, Alice marries the wealthy 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 suspicion.
This is a novel with a complex and ingenious structure, featuring stories within stories: Laura wrote a novel before her death about the romance between a wealthy young lady and a poor young man. Shortly after, she died in a car accident; her sister Alice lives in the shadow of the deceased, recalling memories that are on the verge of being forgotten. This book won the prestigious British literary award—the Booker Prize in 2000.