Surfacing
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Surfacing

by Margaret Atwood

1972•Drama•208 pages

Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questtroubled leadsself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeExpect an unsavoury, serious novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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3.4 / 5

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About This Book

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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaPsychologicalAll consuming questTroubled leadsSelf destruction/implosion

Subjects

Fathers and daughtersMissing personsSexual attractionGender identityWomen paintersFriendshipGirls

Details

Author
Margaret Atwood
Published
1972
Pages
208
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