Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood · b. 1939 · Canada
Why it matters
A painter returns to Toronto for a retrospective and is ambushed by memories of the girlhood friend who tormented her with a cruelty no adult ever saw. Atwood's most autobiographical novel, an unflinching study of the violence girls inflict on each other.
At a glance
psychological novelautobiographical fiction
Difficulty 5/10medium pace446 pagesA retrospective structure moves fluidly between decades, tracking a slow psychological reckoning.
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