{"product_id":"negotiating-with-the-dead-isbn-9781400032600","title":"Negotiating with the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A clear-eyed glance into the shadows where writers work and live.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wise and irresistibly quotable book, one of the most intelligent writers now working in English addresses the riddle of her art: why people pursue it, how they view their calling, and what bargains they make with their audiences, both real and imagined. To these fascinating issues Margaret Atwood brings a candid appraisal of her own experience as well as a breadth of reading that encompasses everything from Dante to Elmore Leonard. An ambitious artistic inquiry conducted with unpretentious charm, \u003ci\u003eNegotiating with the Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable insider’s view of the writer’s universe.“A delight. . . . Frank and spirited. . . . A clear-eyed glance into the shadows   where writers work and live.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An engaging book—erudite   yet informal, playfully witty yet down to earth.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Smart, deeply   humane, courageous. . . . I have never come across a single book that more elegantly   goes to the heart of the craft and its demands. . . . Hooray for Atwood!” —Michael   Pakenham, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“This amazing woman’s voice, this fine writer’s constant   example, is extraordinary.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Smart, deeply humane, courageous. . . . I have never   come across a single book that more elegantly goes to the heart of the craft and   its demands. . . . Hooray for Atwood!” –Michael Pakenham, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret   Atwood \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than fifty books of fiction,   poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat’s   Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The   Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel,   The Testaments, which   was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she   published Dearly, her   first collection of poetry for a decade.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for   Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of   the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton   Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the   Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a   cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in   Toronto, Canada.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304544981221,"sku":"NP9781400032600","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400032600.jpg?v=1767733604","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/negotiating-with-the-dead-isbn-9781400032600","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}