The Tent (Atwood book)

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| name = The Tent

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| caption = First edition

| author = Margaret Atwood

| illustrator = Margaret Atwood

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| country = Canada

| language = English

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| publisher = Bloomsbury

| release_date = 2006

| media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)

| pages = 176

| isbn = 978-0747584940

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| oclc = 58728704

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The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, it has been characterized as an “experimental”{{Citation

| last = Wiersema

| first = Robert

| author-link = Robert Wiersema

| title = Three's the charm: It's Margaret Atwood's third book in a year -- and her most powerful

| newspaper = The Ottawa Citizen

| pages = C. 1. Fro

| date = Sep 24, 2006

}} collection of “fictional essays"{{Citation

| last = Blais

| first = Jacqueline

| author-link = Jacqueline Blais

| title = Summer lovin'; During those lazy, crazy, hazy days, nothing beats kicking back with a good read, whether it's the latest in literature or a juicy guilty pleasure

| newspaper = Calgary Herald

| pages = C. 1. Fro

| date = May 20, 2007

}} or “mini-fictions.”{{Citation

| last = Helm

| first = Richard

| author-link = Richard Helm

| title = Atwood sounds the alarm: Author and conservationist reads the doomsday clock

| newspaper = Edmonton Journal

| pages = D. 1. Fro

| date = Jan 23, 2007

}} It also incorporates line drawings by Atwood.

The collection features themes familiar in Atwood’s works, including a feminist portrayal of “national” childhood, the burdens of fame, and the reworking of classical mythology.

Several of the stories were previously published to benefit the World Wildlife Federation, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities, the Hay-On-Wye Festival in Wales, and the Harbourfront Reading Series in Toronto.{{Citation

| last = Caple

| first = Natalee

| author-link = Natalee Caple

| title = Writing Life: Atwood collects 'bite-sized' mini-fictions in The Tent

| newspaper = Calgary Herald

| pages = F. 1. Fro

| date = Jan 21, 2006

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