The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Atwood, Margaret
ISBN: 9780099511663
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Oct 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
P#39;Compulsively readableP#39; Plt;iPgt;Daily TelegraphPlt;/iPgt;
Plt;bPgt;** THE Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY TIMESPlt;/iPgt; NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford P#8211; her assigned name, Offred, means P#8216;of FredP#8217;. 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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feministP#39; Bernadine EvaristoPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8216;As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote itP#8217; Plt;iPgt;GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9780099511663
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Oct 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
P#39;Compulsively readableP#39; Plt;iPgt;Daily TelegraphPlt;/iPgt;
Plt;bPgt;** THE Plt;iPgt;SUNDAY TIMESPlt;/iPgt; NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford P#8211; her assigned name, Offred, means P#8216;of FredP#8217;. 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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feministP#39; Bernadine EvaristoPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8216;As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote itP#8217; Plt;iPgt;GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
