Moral Disorder - and other stories

Margaret Atwood

Anchor Books

2007

225 páginas

7h 30m

ISBN-13: 9780307386687

Margaret Atwood is acknowledged as one of the foremost writers of our time. In Moral Disorde, she has created a series of interconnected stories that trace the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it—those of parents, of siblings, of children, of friends, of enemies, of teachers, and even of animals. As in a photograph album, time is measured in sharp, clearly observed moments. The ’30s, the ’40s, the ’50s, the ’60s, the ’70s, the ’80s, the ’90s, and the present —all are here. The settings vary: large cities, suburbs, farms, northern forests. By turns funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking, and deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwood’s celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. As the New York Times has noted: "The reader has the sense that Atwood has complete access to her people's emotional histories, complete understanding of their hearts and imaginations.” “The Bad News” is set in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. The narrative then switches time as the central character moves through childhood and adolescence in “The Art of Cooking and Serving,” “The Headless Horseman,” and “My Last Duchess.” We follow her into young adulthood in “The Other Place” and then through a complex relationship, traced in four of the stories: “Monopoly,” “Moral Disorder,” “White Horse,” and “The Entities.” The last two stories, "The Labrador Fiasco" and "The Boys at the Lab," deal with the heartbreaking old age of parents but circle back again to childhood, to complete the cycle. Moral Disorder is fiction, not autobiography; it prefers emotional truths to chronological facts. Nevertheless, not since Cat’s Eye has Margaret Atwood come so close to giving us a glimpse into her own life.

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Um olhar afiado sobre a vida em família

"Moral Disorder" é um livro de contos que nos dá uma visão dos aspectos mais perturbadores e difíceis da vida em família com a delicadeza e ironia características de Margaret Atwood.

Fiquei especialmente tocada com a história de Nell com sua irmã, principalmente nos contos "The Art of Cooking and Serving" e "The Headless Horseman". é um olhar perturbador (e não menos verdadeiro) sobre o relacionamento entre irmãs.

Para quem quer uma leitura rápida de Margaret Atwood, essa é uma boa pedida.