The evolution of Margaret Atwood's poetry illuminates one of our major literary talents. Here, as in her novels, is intensity combined with sardonic detachment, and in these early poems her genius for a level stare at the ordinary is wonderfully apparent. Just as startling is her ability to contrast the everyday with the terrifying: 'Each time I hit a key/ on my electric typewriter/ speaking of peaceful trees/ another village explodes.' Her poetic voice is crystal clear, insistent, unmistakably her own. Through bus trips and postcards, wilderness and trivia, she reflects the passion and energy of a writer intensely engaged with her craft and the world. Two former collections, Poems 1965 - 1975 and Poems 1976 - 1986, are presented together with her latest collection, Morning in the Burned House, in this omnibus that represents the development of a major poet.

作者：

玛格丽特·阿特伍德（Margare Atwood，1939—）出生于加拿大渥太华，早年在安大略北部和魁北克度过，1962年获哈佛大学文科硕士学位，曾任加拿大作家协会主席。她是加拿大最著名的小说家和诗人，其作品迄今已在全球35个国家出版。她曾推出30多部作品，其中包括小说、诗歌与批评散文。她的小说《女仆的故事》《猫眼》与《别名格雷斯》曾获得加拿大的吉勒尔奖与意大利的雷米欧.蒙德罗奖；《盲刺客》曾获2000年英国布克小说奖。

译者：

周瓒，诗人、学者、译者、戏剧工作者。1999年北京大学中文系博士毕业。1998年，与诗人翟永明等创办女性诗歌民刊《翼》，2007年参加北京帐篷戏剧小组，为北京流火帐篷剧社核心成员。2008年，与导演曹克非创办“瓢虫剧社”。出版有诗集《松开》、《写在薛涛笺上》，玛格丽特·阿特伍德诗集《吃火》，尼娜·卡香诗集《葬礼上的啦啦队长》，学术著作《透过诗歌写作的潜望镜》、《挣脱沉默之后》等。现居北京。