愛特伍還能讓我們多著迷?這位加拿大國寶作家以50篇散文,暢聊她對各種議題的看法。從如何給人建議到麥片怎麼定義,從威權和喪屍間的關係到當今疫情,看愛特伍以一貫的博學機敏,提出天南地北的問題,再真誠且幽默地和讀者分享她找到的答案。橫跨十餘年,如今集結成冊的散文集,一如她的其他文學作品,引人深思且極富洞見。From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questi