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A coming of age novel from the perspective of a middle-aged artist who returns to Toronto and to the memories of her past. The power and beauty of Atwood's writing is remarkable as is the story she tells. There are so many connections and interconnections, and all of them are interwoven delicately and seamlessly.
Unlike some successful authors, Atwood never repeats her ideas from one book to the next but each novel is a new journey in which you're always fully immersed in the lives of the characters. Cat's Eye is no different in this respect and I was completely absorbed from start to end.
I particularly liked the depiction of the child's world as one in which you observe but can't quite intervene; how this moves into the teenage years when a quiet but cruel form of revenge is exacted in a precise and self-conscious way; the relationship with the narrator's brother is drawn through perfectly concise details, with just enough information provided but never too much.
This reflects another impressive feature of the novel in that there's nothing redundant in this story. Everything has a reason to be there and Atwood's skill at this level is immense. She's a brilliant writer and Cat's Eye is simply further proof of this. To say I stand in awe of her abilities and the impact her work makes on my life is a vast understatement. She is, quite simply, brilliant.


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Cat Eye Margaret Atwood 9780385491020 Books Reviews

Margaret Atwood has definitely written a book that will not soon be forgotten. Elaine, the main character, begins her life traveling in the back of a car, and living in remote Canadian locations while her father researches rare insects. She does not have meaningful interactions with others, besides her mother, father, and brother until she is approximately 9 years old. At that time, her family moves to Toronto and moves into her first permanent residence. She enters a school and befriends a few girls her age. Elaine's relationships with those girls appear ordinary and do not become extraordinary until a girl, Cordelia, joins Elaine at school. Cordelia teases, ridicules, and torments Elaine for numerous years until Elaine faces a near-death experience. From then on, Elaine manages restore confidence in herself and move away from Cordelia's influence. While the two girls resume their friendship in high school, the dynamic of their childhood friendship never returns and the balance of power even shifts, over time, so that it favors Elaine.

Despite Elaine's success in art and love, she has never come to terms with her relationship with Cordelia. "Cat's Eye" follows Elaine's search for Cordelia and the path that Elaine follows as she tries to understand their "friendship."

Elaine herself is a dark character, as she tends to have a solemn outlook on life and never seems to display happiness. Her pensive nature leads to interesting observations on the meaning of her art and how the avant garde work resulted from her early childhood experiences. Elaine's reflections also allow the reader to follow the interactions between Elaine's parents, brother, and herself; her introduction to religion; her first experiences with art; and her experiences with the opposite sex. While this book isn't easy to read, as Atwood writes in great detail and the pace of the book moves slowly, Elaine's reflections are interesting and the way she overcomes Cordelia's evil spell leads one to believe that good can prevail over evil.
Atwood has an uncanny ability to dwell in the shoes of the protagonist whether child, teen, or adult. In Cat's Eye, she inhabits all stages of life.
The child Elaine is small for her age, inquisitive, and bullied. A The same classmates who befriended the new girl are the ones who make her feel worthless mentally, physically, and socially.
She is actually very bright and creativeskipped a grade, found her artistic side, and acquired her own family. She met her tormentors again in adult life. This time the encounters were different.
Big question Does the bullied one become a bully?
This is a book for an older person. The protagonist is around age 50 and returns to the city where she grew up for a retrospective show of her paintings, which are all about her life and the people she knew. She is now walking down the streets she walked as a child and adolescent, and all her paintings are now hanging in one room. She is also staying in the art studio of her former husband. The story is a potent emotional voyage of the past and the undigested experiences she is dealing with, as well as her own aging body. My favorite part was her experience of being bullied as a child by her “friends,” and how she finally rose above that and found her personal power. For women in particular, it can take decades before we stop giving away our power, if ever. I was profoundly sad after reading this book, but it also served as a catharsis, as I realized that we are all haunted by our memories, miss the old friends who have left our life, struggle to forgive those who have abused and betrayed us, and continually mourn our loved ones who passed away. This is the true burden of aging our memories.
A coming of age novel from the perspective of a middle-aged artist who returns to Toronto and to the memories of her past. The power and beauty of Atwood's writing is remarkable as is the story she tells. There are so many connections and interconnections, and all of them are interwoven delicately and seamlessly.
Unlike some successful authors, Atwood never repeats her ideas from one book to the next but each novel is a new journey in which you're always fully immersed in the lives of the characters. Cat's Eye is no different in this respect and I was completely absorbed from start to end.
I particularly liked the depiction of the child's world as one in which you observe but can't quite intervene; how this moves into the teenage years when a quiet but cruel form of revenge is exacted in a precise and self-conscious way; the relationship with the narrator's brother is drawn through perfectly concise details, with just enough information provided but never too much.
This reflects another impressive feature of the novel in that there's nothing redundant in this story. Everything has a reason to be there and Atwood's skill at this level is immense. She's a brilliant writer and Cat's Eye is simply further proof of this. To say I stand in awe of her abilities and the impact her work makes on my life is a vast understatement. She is, quite simply, brilliant.