01761nam a2200277 i 4500 OSt 20240227121542.0 240218t20232023nyu gr 000 j eng d 9780385549073 RM 129.95 hardback PPAK eng PPAK rda 813.6 23 813.6 ATW G Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author. OLD BABES in the WOOD : STORIES / MARGARET ATWOOD ; New York : Doubleday, 2023 ©2023 257 pages ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as Second World War parade swords. They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love- and what comes after. The glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate. Families Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Short stories. lcgft. ddc B 195084 195084 0 0 PPAK G 2024-02-27 0 813.6 ATW A01817928 2024-02-27 12:18:24 B 0 0 SP G 2024-02-27 1 813.6 ATW A01817929 2025-01-06 15:41:50 2024-11-11 B 0 0 LW G 2024-02-27 3 1 813.6 ATW A01817930 2026-01-07 11:44:22 2026-01-04 B 0 0 KM G 2024-02-27 2 813.6 ATW A01817931 2025-12-06 14:06:58 2025-11-29 B 0 0 MR G 2024-02-27 0 813.6 ATW A01817932 2024-02-27 12:18:24 B