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Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

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Fiction Fantasy Fiction

by Margaret Atwood

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3.93 (10.6K ratings)
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description 273 pages

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood holds a well received rating of 3.93 out of 5, based on 10.6K reader ratings. First published in 2014. The book spans 273 pages.

About Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy.A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite.In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood ventures into the shadowland earlier explored by fabulists and concoctors of dark yarns such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Daphne du Maurier and Arthur Conan Doyle - and also by herself, in her award-winning novel Alias Grace. In Stone Mattress, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.

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Author Margaret Atwood
Published 2014
Pages 273
Genres Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
Average Rating 3.93 / 5.00
Total Ratings 10,622

Reader Ratings & Analysis

Rating Overview

3.9
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10.6K ratings
With a rating of 3.93, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales is rated below the global average of 4.17. Compared to its genre average of 3.99, it performs on par.

How It Compares

3.93
This Book
3.99
Fantasy Average
4.17
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Frequently Asked Questions

What genre is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales?

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales is categorized as Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Fantasy.

Is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales worth reading?

Based on 10.6K reader ratings, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales has an average score of 3.93 out of 5.00, which is considered "Well Received."

How many pages is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales?

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales has 273 pages.

Who wrote Stone Mattress: Nine Tales?

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales was written by Margaret Atwood. It was first published in 2014.

What is the ISBN for Stone Mattress: Nine Tales?

The ISBN-13 for Stone Mattress: Nine Tales is 9780385539130.0.

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