Atwood, Margaret — The Robber Bride

New York, A Nan Talese Book, an imprint of Doubleday, 1993. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Trade Edition, with "1" in number line present. Winner of the 1993 Trillium Award. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, clean and unmarked but for previous owner's ink-stamp. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Protagonist Zenia is a woman who is by turns manipulative, vulnerable, dreamy, needy, narcissistic and ruthless--and apparently dead. The other main characters attended her funeral, and then five years later she is back and quite well. Inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a terribly grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm, but Atwood's version features Zenia as the villainess of demonic proportions, and sets her loose in the lives of three friends. 466 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,