The heart goes last : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385540353
- ISBN: 0385540353
-
Physical Description:
print
xii, 308 pages ; 25 cm - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in...for six months out of the year."-- |
Source of Description Note: | Subtitle from dust jacket. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Man-woman relationships Fiction Unemployment Fiction Prisons Fiction |
Available copies
- 48 of 50 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Killingly Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 50 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Killingly Library | Fic Atwood (Text) | 34040132628369 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Heart Goes Last : A Novel
Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Canada. She received a B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1961 and an M.A. from Radcliff College in 1962. Her first book of verse, Double Persephone, was published in 1961 and was awarded the E. J. Pratt Medal. She has published numerous books of poetry, novels, story collections, critical work, juvenile work, and radio and teleplays. Her works include The Journals of Susanna Moodie, Power Politics, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Morning in the Buried House, the MaddAdam trilogy, and The Heart Goes Last. She has won numerous awards including the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Booker Prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin, the Giller Prize and the Premio Mondello for Alias Grace, and the Governor General's Award in 1966 for The Circle Game and in 1986 for The Handmaid's Tale, which also won the very first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. She won the PEN Pinter prize in 2016 for her political activism. She was awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize for the outstanding literary merit of her body of work. (Bowker Author Biography)