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Margaret Atwood b1939

Meridian Feature
18 November 1996 BBC World Service
Margaret Atwood talks to Harriet Gilbert about

	the constraints of realism, her novel Surfacing, being a self-consciously Canadian writer 3 min 30
	her novel The Handmaid's Tale not being science-fiction but based on real political, historical and contemporary events 5 min 7
	her novel, Cat's Eye, and bullying in girls' relationships 3 min 4
	tragedy and comedy being intertwined in modern society 1 min 23

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	Margaret Atwood Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and critic An eminent Canadian novelist and poet whose work is acclaimed by feminists, Margaret Atwood is equally concerned with encouraging a distinct Canadian literary identity. Read more