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Original Title:	The Edible Woman
ISBN:	0385491069 (ISBN13: 9780385491068)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Marian McAlpin, Ainsley Tewce, Peter Wollander
Setting:	Toronto, Ontario(Canada)

The Edible Woman Paperback | Pages: 310 pages

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Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancé and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach...

The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women, and the desire to be consumed.

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Title	:	The Edible Woman
Author	:	Margaret Atwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 310 pages
Published	:	June 1998 by Anchor (first published December 31st 1969)
Categories	:	Fiction. Feminism. Cultural. Canada. Classics. Literary Fiction. Contemporary. Novels

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Ratings: 3.68 From 28668 Users | 1654 Reviews

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What an unusual story. Marian is newly engaged and then discovers she can't eat certain foods, first meats and then almost everything else. What is her subconscious trying to tell her?Atwood is a writer who amazes me every time I read her; it really is hard to categorize her writing. Her writing style on the other hand is exquisite, intelligent and witty at times. The main theme of this book is relationships and how they can transform you. I enjoyed the first half of the book a lot more than I

3.5/5 stars. This is an interesting book that deals with the theme of femininity. I liked the foreword a lot in which Margaret Atwood explains that she actually wrote this book before femininity became a subject for discussion in society. It's striking how Atwood hits spot on on some things that nowadays seem evident or at least understandable. Marian is a funny, and at times frustrating, character who doesn't really know what she wants. Does she want to go with the flow and get married?

Were you a fan of The Vegetarian by Han Kang? Do you like books that are clever and witty and sharp and tear apart social structures and relationship expectations like there's no tomorrow? Then you must pick up The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood!.I find it hard to believe that this book was written in 1965 before feminism in North America was even a *thing* and published in 1969, Atwood was (and is) so ahead of her time in her thinking! This book is wonderful. It's packed with symbolism and

I don't think I could have read "The Edible Woman" at a better time than now, when topics of feminism are becoming more and more present. I originally picked up this book because of its title and because I wanted to check out some Atwood--admittedly, this is my first time reading her. The title alone has so many implications--that women are consumable, visceral, sinewy, sexual, and all of the above. The main character is so honest and real that I often forgot throughout the book that she was

4 and a half star, rounded to 4.Marriage, consumerism, misogyny, dark humour, clever (albeit not super subtle) symbolism. This was Margaret Atwoods first published novel and if you have read any of her other work, you can immediately see how she sharpened her claws with The Edible Woman. The same motifs appear in her other books I have read (namely The Handmaids Tale, The Blind Assassin, Cats Eye and The Robber Bride), and I can now see where she planted the seeds that would grow into some of

Margaret Atwoods prescient first novel still offers lots to chew onMarian, a 20-something woman in 1960s Toronto, gets engaged to her dull-but-respectable lawyer boyfriend, Peter, then soon begins losing her appetite for food. This causes problems leading up to the wedding, as Marian suffers a serious identity crisis. Perhaps she doesnt want to submit to this marriage, after all.This was Margaret Atwoods first novel, and besides the funny and insightful writing, the book was way ahead of its

Right around the time I turned 20, a boyfriend of mine dragged me to a Yes concert. I say dragged not because I have anything against the band, but because I knew only two of their songs, and I was the only girl going.My then-boyfriend and his friends were big Yes fans, and they had rented a limo stocked with booze, and it was a real party scene in that vehicle. Well, it was a real party scene for them, less so for me, the girl who didn't know Yes songs, and the one who was becoming increasingly