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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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Description for The Handmaid's Tale
hardcover. 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: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
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...
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...
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593012
SKU
V9781841593012
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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
'Moving, vivid and terrifying. I only hope it's not prophetic' Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Listener 'The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story' Angela Carter 'Our of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit' Peter Kemp, Independent 'The images of brilliant emptiness are ... Read more