Burning Questions

<b>In this brilliant selection of essays—including three new pieces—the award-winning, best-selling author of <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> and <i>The Testaments</i> offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from whether or not <i>The Handmaid’s Tale</i> is a dystopia to the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions such as...</b><br><br>• Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? Including thoughts on the writing of <i>The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, Oryx & Crake</i>, and Atwood's other beloved works.<br>• How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?<br>• How can we live on our planet?<br>• Is it true? And is it fair?<br>• What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?<br><br>In more than fifty pieces, Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humor at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump, and a pandemic. From when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to Atwood’s views on the climate crisis, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.