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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics)
Margaret Atwood
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Description for The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics)
Paperback. The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
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Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099740919
SKU
9780099740919
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About Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics)
A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist
Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER Compulsively readable
Daily Telegraph
Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit
Independent
The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story
Angela ... Read more
Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER Compulsively readable
Daily Telegraph
Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit
Independent
The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story
Angela ... Read more