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The Blind assassin

Iris Chase Griffen ponders the death of her sister, Laura, including an examination of Laura's posthumously published novel, The blind assassin.

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  • "blind assassin"@ja
  • "Blind assassin"@he
  • "Blind assassin"@es
  • "Blind assassin"
  • "Blind assassin"@pl
  • "Blind assassin"@it
  • "The blind assassin"@it

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  • "The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura?s story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact"
  • "Iris Chase Griffen ponders the death of her sister, Laura, including an examination of Laura's posthumously published novel, The blind assassin."@en
  • "Laura Chase dies in an automobile accident in 1947, leaving her sister Iris to carry on."
  • "Booker Prize Winner."@en
  • "The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. But just as the reader expects to settle into Laura?s story, Atwood introduces a novel-within-a-novel. Entitled The Blind Assassin, it is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. When we return to Iris, it is through a 1947 newspaper article announcing the discovery of a sailboat carrying the dead body of her husband, a distinguished industrialist. Brilliantly weaving together such seemingly disparate elements, Atwood creates a world of astonishing vision and unforgettable impact.From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • ""More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering [her sister] Laura's mysterious death. And so begins ... [a] story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic background of twentieth-century history, The Blind Assassin is an epic tale of memory, intrigue and betrayal."--Back cover."
  • "Elles sont soeurs. Elles aiment le même homme. 1945. Dix jours après la fin de la guerre, Laura se jette d'un poont au volant d'une voiture. Elle laisse à sa soeur aînée, Iris, un roman posthume au parfum de soufre, Le Tueur aveugle. Cinquante ans plus tard, Iris raconte leur histoire."
  • "Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama."
  • ""Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." Thus begins this novel. Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once prosperous family. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death."
  • "Tale of two sisters, one of whom dies under ambiguous circumstances in the opening pages."@en
  • "Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room."@en
  • "Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once prosperous family. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. This employs a novel-within-a-novel device, involving a science fiction story called "The blind asassin.""
  • "The First World War was a traumatic time for many people. This was the case for Laura Chase, who drove her car off a bridge 10 days after the war ended. Laura leaves behind a sexually explicit novel that tells the story of a risky affair between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run from his past. In The Blind Assassin, Laura's sister Iris reflects on her own life as it parallels the events in the book."@en
  • "'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge'. More than fifty years on, Iris Chase Griffen reflects on a far from exemlary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's death. Chief among these was the publication of the 'Blind Assassin', a sexually-explicit novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety, but a cult following."@en
  • "Even now, at the age of 82, Iris lives in the shadow cast by her younger sister Laura. Now poor and trying to cope with a failing body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death."
  • "A novel about an affair between a rich woman and a socialist man. Together, they invent a fantasy set on a fictional planet."@en
  • "The intimate focus of a family drama."
  • ""More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remenbering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets."
  • "Told in the story within a story fashion, the reader learns about the mysterious death of one sister from her surviving sister."@en
  • "A woman's novel of illicit love mirrors many of the twists and turns of small town life during the thirties and forties, and many years later the woman's older sister recalls the novel and the events leading up to her sister's suicide shortly after the end of the war."
  • "A science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in a dingy backstreet room. Set in a multi-layered story of the death of a woman's sister and husband in the 1940's, with a novel-within-a novel as a background."
  • "A science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in a dingy backstreet room. Set in a multi-layered story of the death of a woman's sister and husband in the 1940's, with a novel-within-a novel as a background."@en
  • "A science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in a dingy backstreet room. Set in a multi-layered story of the death of a woman's sister and husband in the 1940's, with a novel-within-a novel as a background."@he

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Translations"
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"
  • "Proofs (Printing)"
  • "Canadian fiction"@he
  • "Canadian fiction"
  • "Literatura i medicina"@ca
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Powieść kanadyjska"@pl
  • "Mystery"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Canadian fiction (English)"
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Kanadské romány (anglicky)"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Authors' autographs (Provenance)"@en
  • "Novela hogarenas"
  • "Printouts"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"@pl
  • "Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "The Blind assassin"@en
  • "The Blind assassin"
  • "Ślepy zabójca"@pl
  • "Ślepy zabójca"
  • "Aklasis žudikas"
  • "Der blinde Mörder : Roman"
  • "Slepi ubica"
  • "Hamitnaqeš haʻiywer"
  • "Der blinde Mörder Roman"
  • "Kuraki me no ansatsusha"
  • "Kuraki me no ansatsusha"@ja
  • "Ādam'kush-i kūr"
  • "L'assassino cieco"@it
  • "L'assassino cieco"
  • "The Blind Assassin"
  • "The Blind Assassin"@en
  • "The blind assassin : complete and unabridged"@en
  • "Aklais slepkava"
  • "al-Qātil al-aʻmā : riwāyah"
  • "Le tueur aveugle : roman"
  • "Ātutaī aṇdhu"
  • "Da blāinḍa asêsina"
  • "O typhlos dolophonos"
  • "Der blinde Mörder : roman"
  • "Blind Assassin"@en
  • "A vak bérgyilkos : [regény]"@hu
  • "Slepi morilec : [epska saga o družinskih skrivnostih in političnih intrigah]"@sl
  • "昏き目の暗殺者"
  • "Ādamkush-i kūr"
  • "Slepý vrah"
  • "Den blinde morder"
  • "Den blinde morder"@da
  • "Nunmŏn amsalcha = The blind assassin"
  • "El asesino ciego"@es
  • "El asesino ciego"
  • "Den blinde morderen"
  • "Slepi morilec"
  • "Slepoi assassin"
  • "The blind assassin [sound recording]"
  • "The blind assassin [sound recording]"@en
  • "Слепой убийца"
  • "Sokea surmaaja"
  • "Sokea surmaaja"@fi
  • "Kör suikastçi"
  • "The blind assasin"@en
  • "Slepii︠a︡t ubiet︠s︡ : roman"
  • "El Asesino ciego"
  • "L'assassí cec"
  • "Typhlos dolophonos : mythistorēma"
  • "ha-Mitnaḳesh ha-ʻiṿer"
  • "A vak bérgyilkos"
  • "L'assassino cieco : romanzo"@it
  • "L'assassino cieco : romanzo"
  • "눈먼 암살자= The blind assassin"
  • "Slepoĭ ubiĭt︠s︡a"
  • "Andha ātatāẏi"
  • "Kuraki me no ansatsusha = The blind assassin"
  • "Slepoj ubijca : Roman"
  • "L'Assassí cec"
  • "L'Assassí cec"@ca
  • "Le tueur aveugle"
  • "Den blinde mördaren"
  • "Den blinde mördaren"@sv
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Asasinul orb"
  • "המתנקש העיוור"
  • "The Blind Assassin A Novel"@en
  • "The blind assassin"
  • "The blind assassin"@en
  • "Kuraki me no ansatsusha = the blind assassin"
  • "O assassino cego"
  • "The blind assassin : [a novel]"
  • "Slepoj ubijtsa"
  • "昏き目の暗殺者 = The blind assassin"
  • "Ādam küsh kür"
  • "Pime palgamõrvar"
  • "Le Tueur Aveugle"
  • "The blind assassin : a novel"
  • "The blind assassin : a novel"@en
  • "Ho typhlos dolophonos"

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