"Superb, complete -- a splendid, fully integrated work." --
The New York Times Book Review "A penetrating, wry look at the changes affecting men, women and their family lives -- The book has the acute perceptions and vivid imagery which are the hallmarks of Atwood's writing." -- The Sunday
Toronto Sun "Crisp, carefully ironic, contemporary.
Life Before Man offers us three characters of great complexity and roundness -- Atwood has written a novel that is emotionally powerful, intelligent and very adult." --
Ms. Magazine "Tough poet, clever critic, brilliant novelist, feminist, nationalist, our chief literary heroine -- a superb writer." --
Toronto Star "Margaret Atwood is a deeply serious writer who is also wildly funny." --
Chatelaine "Atwood writes with savage humor. Sentences are spare, kept under enormous compression, like a bent bow." --
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