description: The Edible Woman, Atwood's brilliant first novel, is clever, subversive and utterly original. Marian, a willing member of the consumer society around her, suddenly finds herself identifying with the consumed, from the rabbits her fiance shoots to the food on her plate. When she feels too moved by the pangs of an uprooted carrot to eat it, she knows she's off the deep end. Marian's deceptively simple solution marked Atwood's debut as a consummate observer of the ironies and absurdities of modern life.
language: English
title: Edible Woman -OS 3k
titlecomplete: Edible Woman -OS 3k
characters: Peter Wollander, Marian McAlpin, Ainsley Tewce
genres: Contemporary, Novels, Literary Fiction, Feminism, Canada, Classics, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Literature, Womens
ratings_count: 35745
places: Toronto, Ontario
publisher: Goose Lane Editions