A Guide to the Wilderness by Margaret Atwood Publisher: Henan University Press

Introduction
A Guide to the Wilderness is a collection of short stories by the famous Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. The collection describes the complicated modern life and also explores the wonders and mysteries of the human mind. The husband's lover sends a box of gifts that seem sweet but are actually terrifying (Hairball); the archaeological excavation of the Quagmire Man is intertwined with the romantic affairs of modern people (Quagmire Man); the girl who disappeared inexplicably on the forest path seems to have returned in many landscape paintings many years later (Death by the Landscape); the famous journalist is betrayed by a former colleague who is both a teacher and a friend (Uncles);... The normal hustle and bustle and acrimony in life are all visible in the novel, and the writer's unique use of sharp humor to express the relationship between characters is the author's unique feature. A Guide to the Wilderness creates a world around readers that is both familiar and alienated, bright and ambiguous.
Atwood... deserves an adjective to match her unique style - Atwoodesque. - Chicago Tribune
Atwood is a heavyweight writer. She is well versed in human behavior and has an elegant and graceful writing style. What is more valuable is that she also has a broad vision. - Marilyn French (American feminist writer)
Funny, sharp, and always to the point. ——Leisure Magazine, UK
Everything she creates with words has texture and weight. - The Daily Telegraph

About the Author
Margaret Atwood (1939-), born in Ottawa, Canada, received a master's degree in liberal arts from Harvard University in 1962 and served as president of the Canadian Writers Association. She is Canada's most famous novelist and poet. Her works, including novels, poems and critical essays, have been published in 35 countries around the world. Her novels The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye and Alias ​​Grace have won the Canadian Girelle Prize and the Italian Remio Mondello Prize; The Blind Assassin won the 2000 British Booker Prize for Fiction.