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| Author | Margaret Atwood |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | McClelland and Stewart |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-7710-0822-8 |
Surfacing is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972, it was her second novel. Surfacing has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.[1]
The novel, grappling with notions of national and gendered identity, anticipated rising concerns about conservation and preservation and the emergence of Canadian nationalism.[2] It was adapted into a movie in 1981.
- ^ Howells, Coral Ann (2006). The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood (Cambridge Companions to Literature). Cambridge University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-521-83966-1.
- ^ Cooke 2004, p. 52.