About the book: 2021 / "The Tidbit" is a surreal and funny debut novel by Margaret Atwood, written long before the works that made her famous, in which, nevertheless, her unique author's voice can be heard. Having received a marriage proposal, Maryen stops eating. First she can't eat steak, then eggs, then vegetables, and then nothing at all! And what’s even worse is that Maryen feels as if she herself is being consumed by something – not passions or emotions. But what then? Or who? No one around Maryen notices the changes happening to her, but one day her inner protest will reach its peak and break out.