We read Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in my high school Utopian Literature course, which was delicious, but I’m even more pleased to hear that books by Ian McEwan, this year’s recipient of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, are incorporated into English Lit classes in Britain.
I am seething with jealousy. My only hope for finishing Atonement this semester is sneaking it into my sociology texts – but then, that’s how I fell in love with Michael Frayn. Imagine getting credit for The Child in Time or Enduring Love! Those lucky Brits.