"Torching the Dusties"
| Title | "Torching the Dusties" |
| Year for Search | 2014 |
| Authors | Atwood, Margaret [Eleanor](b. 1939) |
| Secondary Title | Stone Mattress: Nine Tales |
| Pagination | 225-268 |
| Date Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
| Place Published | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-771-00680-7 978-0-385-54912-8 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Female author |
| Annotation | The story is told from the perspective of an old, nearly blind woman living in Ambrosia Manor, a home for the wealthy aged, as protests by the Our Turn Movement erupt throughout the country. The protests are against the old for despoiling the planet, hoarding its wealth, and living too long and, as a result, depriving the young of what they see as their birthright. On the whole, the authorities support the protesters, and such homes are being torched. |
| Additional Publishers | US ed. (New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014), 225-268. |
| Info Notes | First publication |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Canadian female author (b. 1939) |
| Full Text | 2014 Atwood, Margaret [Eleanor] (b. 1939). “Torching the Dusties.” In her Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2014), 225-268. US ed. (New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014), 225-268. First publication. PSt The story is told from the perspective of an old, nearly blind woman living in Ambrosia Manor, a home for the wealthy aged, as protests by the Our Turn Movement erupt throughout the country. The protests are against the old for despoiling the planet, hoarding its wealth, and living too long and, as a result, depriving the young of what they see as their birthright. On the whole, the authorities support the protesters, and such homes are being torched. Canadian female author. |
