I’ve been prepared for almost anything; except absence, except silence. - Margaret Atwood

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Engraved portrait of Margaret Atwood, facing right

I’ve been prepared for almost anything; except absence, except silence.

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About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 18 November 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

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Alternative Names: Margaret Eleanor Atwood Marqaret Etvud

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Perhaps they were looking for passion; perhaps they delved into this book as into a mysterious parcel - a gift box at the bottom of which, hidden in layers of rustling tissue paper, lay something they'd always longed for but couldn't ever grasp.

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