When Margaret Atwood was 24 she wrote a book “Edible Woman”. Some state that this is a superficial book, with a kind of run-of-the-mill attempt for women’s lib literature, but in reality this seems to be a subtle, gentle interference with the human nature in most aspects, not only of women, but of men also. The fact is that the book was writing before the lib movement, but was published only after 1970. Though it was only the beginning of her career as a writer, her narrative voice is far not bad. This is a story about a woman, Marian, she is a little more than twenty, who loses her desire to eat these or those kinds of food after getting engaged. This is not of course a book concentrated on a diet, it’s an attempt to investigate the woman’s role in the society and in marriage, with some description of silly and humorous situations the main heroine finds herself in, and even her wanting a baby is absolutely absurd. Her communication with her fiancée plays important role in the story and another supporting hero – odd graduate student, in his monologues - the author showed her real talent for words and metaphors. All the storylines in the book are full of feminist symbolism. The characters however are entertaining and quirky, more than simply strange, so odd that one could never imagine them being a part of his real life. The characters are dimensional and find themselves in complex situations; this only strengthens the ability of the book to enchant the readers.