Cat's Eye

From the Backcover of the book:

Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to TOronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine mu...

From the Backcover of the book:

Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to TOronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman -- but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life.

玛格丽特·阿特伍德 (Margaret Atwood)

出生于1939年11月18日，当之无愧的加拿大文学女王，毋庸置疑的诺贝尔文学奖热门候选人。她的作品被翻译成40多种语言，畅销50余国，与莎士比亚的作品一起进入名校教学大纲。

阿特伍德获得过140多项世界文学重磅奖项，塑造了一系列形态各异的女性形象，自20世纪60年代起，始终引领世界文学。

1988年，也就是《使女的故事》出版3年后，49岁的她选择直面过去的世界，根据亲身经历书写一个真实的故事。作为一个昆虫学家的女儿，她童年的大部分时间在野外度过，6岁起便开始写诗、创作小说和话剧，17岁那年当众宣布写作是自己真正想做的事。《猫眼》通过对往事的追忆，不仅将在传统小说中被边缘化的女性友谊题材置于舞台中央，更深入探寻了女性友谊中虚假的一面，以致命的准确性揭开了女性成长过程中共同的伤疤。