Good Bones

 

                       
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Title
Good Bones
Author Margaret Atwood
Genre Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description
Good Bones is a sharp, inventive collection of short fiction and prose pieces in which Margaret Atwood uses satire, myth, and speculative imagination to examine power, gender, language, and everyday absurdities. By reworking familiar stories and cultural assumptions, Atwood exposes the darker structures beneath ordinary life with wit, intelligence, and unsettling clarity.

About Author

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of contemporary literature. Born in 1939 in Ottawa, Canada, she grew up partly in remote northern regions of the country, experiences that later shaped her interest in nature, survival, and human behavior. She studied English literature at the University of Toronto and earned a master’s degree from Radcliffe College.

Atwood is best known for her speculative and dystopian fiction, particularly The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake, as well as acclaimed novels such as Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin. Her writing spans genres and frequently explores power, gender, environmentalism, identity, and the relationship between individuals and society.

Over her career, Atwood has received numerous international honors, including the Booker Prize (twice), the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the PEN Pinter Prize. Beyond fiction, she is a prominent public intellectual and advocate for free expression, environmental causes, and the arts. Margaret Atwood continues to write and speak globally, shaping literary and cultural conversations worldwide.

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