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 authorial voice is already heard.

Having received a marriage proposal, Marian stops eating. First she can't eat steak, then eggs, then vegetables, and then nothing at all! And what's worse, Marien feels as if something is consuming her herself - not passions and not emotions. But what then? Or who? None of Marian's entourage notices the changes happening to her, but one day her inner protest will reach its peak and break out.