Surfacing (novel)
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Surfacing is a novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972.
[edit] Plot
The book tells the story of a woman who returns to her hometown in Canada to find her disappeared father. Accompanied by her lover and another married couple, the protagonist meets her past in her childhood house, recalling events and feelings, while trying to find clues for her father's mysterious disappearance. Little by little, the past overtakes her and drives her into the realm of wildness and madness.
The novel grapples with notions of national and gendered identity.
[edit] External links
- Margaret Atwood at the Literary Encyclopedia
- After Nature, an article by Jill Dawson
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