Blind Assassin

★The 2019 Booker Prize winner and "Queen of Canadian Literature" Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize-winning work ★Rich modernist expression techniques ★In-depth exploration of the complex situations faced by contemporary women Introduction This is a novel with a clever structure and stories within stories. There are two heroines in the novel, one is Laura, who died in a car accident at the beginning of the novel; the other is her sister Alice, who lives in the shadow of the deceased and recalls the past that is almost forgotten. The story about the blind assassin was written by Laura during her lifetime. It describes the love affair between a rich lady and a poor young man who was on the run in the turbulent 1930s. At the same time, the lovers imagined a story that took place on another planet. This fictional story is filled with love, sacrifice and betrayal. The same is true in real life. Alice married wealthy businessman Richard. In the eyes of outsiders, this was a happy marriage. However, as everyone knew, Richard extended his claws to his sister-in-law Laura. As a result, Laura's car accident made people suspicious... [Introduction to the author] Margaret Atwood(1939-) Margaret Atwood, known as the "Queen of Canadian Literature", was a diligent and prolific writer and one of the few poets in the Canadian literary world in the 20th century who enjoyed international reputation. Currently living in Toronto. Since the mid-1960s, Atwood has not given critics any chance to forget her with her sustained and vigorous creative power. She has won most major international literary awards except the Nobel Prize for Literature, and has been awarded honorary doctorates by ten institutions including the University of Toronto. Her works have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2017, Atwood won the Kafka Prize and the German Book Industry Peace Prize. Representative works include "The Handmaid's Tale", "Alias ​​Grace", "Dancing Girl", etc.