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>>apolli+(OP)
"A worldwide cultural phenomenon"? I have never even heard her name, not a single time. Maybe your world is smaller then I thought.

>>mlang2+OM3
What they mean is that her books were popular and read throughout the (developed I guess) world. And this is true. They were also made into tv series many people watched and radio plays. So obviously producers thought they would be popular. The books are also very critically acclaimed.

I think it would be hard to somewhat regularly buy books or go to a (typical English language) bookstore without seeing anything about Margaret Atwood.

But maybe there is a large world of English speaking people who don’t at all follow book releases or tv or even headlines in the mainstream news (where her winning of awards would be announced).

>>dan-ro+ON3
I read a ton of books, and recall only briefly hearing of it maybe a year ago. Didn't read it; too culturally-political for my taste, and didn't hear of it again. I'll admit, however, I don't go to bookstores much anymore.

>>big_ch+t74
It? What is it? The Testaments? The Handmaid's Tale?

Margaret Atwood has written much more than those two books - she is a prolific author. According to Wikipedia she's she has published 17 books of poetry, 16 novels, 10 books of non-fiction, eight collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and one graphic novel, as well as a number of small press editions in poetry and fiction. Her works are popular, both with the general public and with critics.

>>astura+ua4
_The Handmaid's Tale_, which seems to be her best-known work. See above as to why I didn't read it. I didn't specify an antecedent as I meant to reply to Freak_NL's comment; mea culpa.

>>big_ch+lj4
She actually has other far more important and well-known books and has won many prestigious international literary awards for them. A few have even been made into successful TV shows, if your knowledge of literature is based on what is available on internet streaming services.

>>bregma+il4
Right. I've heard _of_ her in passing, but wasn't that interested in what I heard; that was my point. It seems her work is targeted at a different demographic, so fine. Most of her work appears to be "feminist literature", which is not how I prefer to spend my free time. Not necessarily bad, just not that high on my reading list. Anyway, my point was that there are plenty of people who aren't as familiar with this particular author. I don't subscribe to streaming services; that did not influence my opinion.

>>big_ch+Nn4
> Most of her work appears to be "feminist literature"

That reads to me like a post-facto characterization based on perspective rooted in today's political climate. Personally, I find her books to be somewhat overrated compared to other works of "genre fiction", but having read some of her books, the "feminist" characterization as you are presenting is misleading.

https://www.google.com/search?q=margaret+atwood+-feminism&rl...