Old Babes in the Wood

Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig<br/><br/>They explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.<br/><br/>They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales.<br/><br/>At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes after.<br/><br/>The glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.<br/><br/>'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett<br/><br/>'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph<br/><br/>'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times<br/><br/>'A living legend' New York Times Book Review