num_pages: 294
description: Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Marian she can't eat.  First meat, then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seeds--everything!  Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling she's being eaten.  She really ought to feel consumed with passion.  But she just feels...consumed.A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor, The Edible Woman is an unforgettable masterpiece by a true master of contemporary literary fiction.
language: English
title: Edible Woman
titlecomplete: Edible Woman
characters: Marian McAlpin, Ainsley Tewce, Peter Wollander
genres: Womens, Feminism, Canada, Contemporary, Novels, Literature, Classics, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 35749
places: Toronto, Ontario
publisher: Seal Books