num_pages: 720
description: Exploring the paradox of female villainy, this tale of three fascinating women is another peerless display of literary virtuosity by the supremely gifted author of Cat's Eye and The Handmaid's Tale . Roz, Charis and Tony all share a wound, and her name is Zenia. Beautiful, smart and hungry, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless, Zenia is the turbulent center of her own perpetual saga. She entered their lives in the sixties, when they were in college. Over the three decades since, she has damaged each of them badly, ensnaring their sympathy, betraying their trust, and treating their men as loot. Then Zenia dies, or at any rate the three women — with much relief — attend her funeral. But as The Robber Bride begins, Roz, Charis and Tony have come together at a trendy restaraunt for their monthly lunch when in walks the seemingly resurrected Zenia...In this consistently entertaining and profound new novel, Margaret Atwood reports from the farthest reaches of the war between the sexes with her characteristic well-crafted prose, rich and devious humor, and compassion.
language: English
title: The Robber Bride
titlecomplete: The Robber Bride
characters: Zenia, Charias, Tony, Roz
genres: Classics, Feminism, Womens, Fiction, Novels, Literature, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 46242
places: Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Seal Books