Margaret Atwood

Originally published in 2006, these sparkling, skewering, and original Atwoodian mini-fictions offer an electrifying window into one of literature's most extraordinary minds.

Enhanced by Atwood's own line drawings, The Tent is a literary cabinet of curiosities that weaves together themes of feminist mythology, the burdens of fame, and the reworking of classical legend and fable into thirty-five compact, luminous pieces.

A writer builds her tent from paper and ink. Inside, she reimagines hero and monster, skewers celebrity culture, and wrestles with mortality. She asks, with characteristic wit and unsettling precision, what we owe to the stories we tell—and what they cost us.

Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, this is vintage Atwood: moving from sharp satire to quiet grief, from cosmic dread to unexpected tenderness. Perfect for devoted fans and curious newcomers alike, The Tent is proof that sometimes the most powerful things come in the smallest packages—and that there is shelter in a story.