The Handmaid's Tale: The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series

The Handmaid's Tale: The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series

by Margaret Atwood (Author)

Synopsis

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. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 324
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05 Jul 1996

ISBN 10: 0099740915
ISBN 13: 9780099740919
Book Overview: 'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph
Prizes: Winner of Arthur C. Clarke Award 1987.

Media Reviews
One of Atwood's finest pieces of work serves as a great reminder of what humanity is capable of. -- Hannah Dunn * Red *
Margaret Atwood is a wry and perceptive observer of society as well as an original storyteller -- Cecilia Heyes * Psychologist *
Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception * Essence *
Compulsively readable * Daily Telegraph *
Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit -- Peter Kemp * Independent *
Author Bio
Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic. Her books include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, Bodily Harm, The Handmaid's Tale (winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the Governor-General's Award, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made in a major film). Cat's Eye (also shortlisted for the Booker Prize) The Robber Bride and Alias Grace. Finally, The Blind Assassin won the Booker Prize in 2000. She lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson and their daughter.