![]() Despite setting and theme, the tone is very light-hearted. ![]() The setting is surrealistic as the reader follows Marion around familiar sights of Toronto. The first and third parts are written in the first person and the second part is written in third person to emphasize her detachment and loss of identity. The novel is divided into three parts: in the first Marion becomes a prisoner in a nightmarish world, in the second she finally rejects that world, and in the third she evolves to a higher level of reality. Roles are reversed as Ainsley becomes the traditional one while Marion breaks her engagement to regain her sanity and sense of choice. The sub-plot revolves around her roommate, the feminist Ainsley, who is determined to have a baby without marrying. ![]() The novel centres on Marion MacAlpine, a sensible young woman employed by a consumer survey company, who loses her self-identity when she becomes engaged to a tradiĀtional young businessman. The imagery of food and consumption is overpowering but the comments on modern society and its consumerism are still very valid. ![]() Although reprints of this major Canadian author are necessary, a rereading of The Edible Woman makes the reader aware of Atwood's growth as a writer. Twenty years after Margaret Atwood published her first novel, a reprint has been made with an afterword by Linda Hutcheon. ![]()
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