The Gift

by Lewis Hyde · first published 1983

Recommended by 1 person Margaret Atwood

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  1. Margaret Atwood Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor

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    Poets & Writers reports her Paris Review essay praising it as the book she always recommends to aspiring artists.

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