LADY ORACLE • MARGARET ATWOOD • FIRST EDITION, 2ND PRINT • 1976 HC • HANDMAID’s

Description: Lady Oracle: A Novel, by Margaret Atwood. First U.S. Edition, Second Printing with Full Number Line. Hardcover, 1976. New York: Simon & Schuster. 8vo. Quarter-bound in Cream Cloth with Beige Paper over Boards; Orange Lettering on Spine; 345 Pages. Are you a fan of Patricia Highsmith’s dapper sociopath Tom Ripley? How about characters with multiple identities? Or perhaps you have dreamt, just once, as so many of us have, of escaping your life and troubles and vanishing to an exotic locale and starting over? If so, then you’ll love this underrated early novel from the acclaimed Canadian novelist behind the speculative hits The Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx & Crake, and others. Readers new or just arriving to Atwood, most of whom associate her with that dystopian worldview, are in for a surprise with Lady Oracle. She’s operating in a different register here—quirky, sly, and adventurous—and yet the psychological precision she’s known for is already full formed in this effort from the ‘70s. Lady Oracle is about Joan Foster, a woman who fakes her death to elude a spot of trouble, and ends up in Italy writing poetry and Gothic romances, among other activities. There are some staggering passages about Joan’s troubled childhood, as well as a playful novel-within-a-novel that’s a lot of fun. This is a handsome edition of a book integral to understanding Atwood’s development into a literary superstar. Book: Very Good. Unread. Arrow-straight boards, a tight binding, and a clean, bright text block—save the Simon & Schuster logo stamped on the bottom edge. Minor wear to the corners, along with scuffing and staining to the paper on the front board. Internally unblemished; free of writing, notations, and signatures. Overall, an excellent unread second printing. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. Brightly illustrated and unclipped, showing the original $8.95 sales price. Minor shelf wear, but no chips, tears, or creases. A stellar DJ now protected in a Mylar cover.

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