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Originally Posted by muse1983
Care to share? :-)
EDIT: Just saw that I have to read The Handmaid's Tale (Atwood) for a seminar. Should be interesting.
The Handmaid's Tale is the most often taught of all of Atwood's novel. (I think it is, in fact, the most taught novel in Canadian high schools.)
If by "care to share," you mean did I have specific recommendations for Alistair MacLeod's short fiction, then I'd suggest getting
Island, which collects the complete short fiction in a single volume. I particularly liked the title story, which is a novella, but a good place to start is with "As Birds Bring Forth the Sun," which is his most often anthologized story. Or "The Closing Down of Summer," about a team of international miners waiting for the beginning of another season underground.
Take a look at the reviews on Amazon.com to see the kind of enthusiasm MacLeod's writing generates.