INTRODUCTION Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing is a masterpiece of Canadian literature that unravels the tangled relationship between selfhood, nature, and cultural identity. First published in 1972, this novel sits at the intersection of feminism, ecology, and psychoanalysis. It is deeply introspective and disturbingly honest, exploring the emotional aftermath of trauma and the struggle of reclaiming identity in a patriarchal and colonised world.​ Set in the dense wilderness of northern Quebec, Surfacing follows an unnamed woman who returns to her childhood home in...