Margaret Atwood
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300 short stories:: story 208
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Salt Garden” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1983 where: Dubai, Common Ground note: I adore this collection and find the protagonist Alma to be so layered. a line: “She can’t remember ever having astonished any of her friends with tricks from the instruction book. Astonishing herself was enough.” theme(s): time
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300 short stories:: story 204 & 205
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Two Stories about Emma “The Whirlpool Rapids” & “Walking on Water” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1987 where: home note: In every story you hope to find an aha moment, and in these two connected tales, I found more than one; this was particularly true for the line below, where a man acted just like this towards…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 