'Hij staat bij de omheining met zijn rug naar me toe en kijkt naar de tuin. Het late middaglicht valt schuin tussen de stammen op de heuvel door op hem en hult hem in een oranje nevel; hij is onscherp alsof ik hem onder water zie. Hij is zich ervan bewust geworden dat hij een indringer was: de hut, de omheining, de vuren en de paden waren schendingen. Hij wil er een eind aan maken, hij wil de gren
Title
Boven water
Author
Margaret Atwood
Translator
Aris J. Van Braam
Language
Dutch
Original language
English
Original title
Surfacing
Publisher
Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2019 | Other editions
238 p. ; 1 digitaal bestand
ISBN
9789044642490

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About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published eighteen books of poetry, eighteen novels, eleven books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.

Atwood's works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics". Many of her poems are inspired by myths and fairy tal…Read more on Wikipedia