Here & Now co-host Scott Tong sits down with Margaret Atwood, author of the 1985 classic "The Handmaid’s Tale" and the global number one bestselling sequel "The Testaments," for a discussion of her highly anticipated short story collection "Old Babes in the Wood."
Tickets include one hardcover copy of Margaret Atwood's "Old Babes in the Wood."
Event hosted by Harvard Book Store and the Writers Speak series at Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
About "Old Babes in the Wood"
A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Testaments," stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory and what it means to spend a life together
Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine—explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect.
The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; “Impatient Griselda” explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and “My Evil Mother” touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love—and what comes after.
Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection "Stone Mattress," Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.