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      Surfacing

      by Margaret Atwood
      Published
      Mar 1973
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      About This Book

      "One of the most important novels of the 20th century…utterly remarkable." —The New York Times Book Review

      From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Handmaid's Tale—an Emmy Award–winning Hulu original series—and Alias Grace, a Netflix original series.

      Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer about contemporary life and nature, families and marriage, and about women fragmented...and becoming whole.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Romance Speculative Fiction Suspense

      Subgenres

      Fantasy Mystery

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      Jun 1983 Warner ISBN13 9780446311076 ISBN10 0446311073
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      Jul 1987 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449213759 ISBN10 0449213757
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      Sep 1994 New Canadian Library ISBN13 9780771098994 ISBN10 0771098995
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      Dec 1995 Bantam ISBN13 9780553377804 ISBN10 0553377809
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      Aug 2011 Virago Press (UK) ISBN13 9780860680642 ISBN10 0860680649
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      First Edition Mar 1973 Simon & Schuster ISBN13 9780671214500 ISBN10 0671214500
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      Jan 1972 McClelland & Stewart (Canada) ISBN13 9780771008221 ISBN10 0771008228
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      Jun 2012 Little, Brown ISBN13 9781405520034 ISBN10 1405520035
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