The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Atwood, Margaret
ISBN: 9780099740919
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller that triggered a cultural phenomenon
** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **
Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.
'The Handmaid's Tale changed me profoundly, hopefully for the better' Lee Child, Guardian
I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. 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 the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.
Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.
ISBN: 9780099740919
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller that triggered a cultural phenomenon
** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **
Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.
'The Handmaid's Tale changed me profoundly, hopefully for the better' Lee Child, Guardian
I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. 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 the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.
Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.
