num_pages: 281
description: A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's intimate life is strangely dominated by the fear of nuclear warfare; a melancholy teenage love is swept away by a hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds...In these exceptional short stories, by turns funny and searingly honest, Margaret Atwood captures brilliantly the complex forces that govern our relationships, and the powerful emotions that guide them.
language: English
title: Bluebeard's Egg
titlecomplete: Bluebeard's Egg
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Canadian Literature, Canada, Literature, Feminism, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 7251
publisher: Seal Books