The Carhullan Army: ‘The Lake District’s answer to The Handmaid’s Tale.' Guardian

The Carhullan Army: ‘The Lake District’s answer to The Handmaid’s Tale.' Guardian

by SarahHall (Author)

Synopsis

Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize England is in a state of environmental and economic crisis. Under the repressive regime of The Authority, citizens have been herded into urban centres, and all women of child-bearing age fitted with contraceptive devices. A woman known as 'Sister' leaves her oppressive marriage to join an isolated group of women in a remote northern farm at Carhullan, where she intends to become a rebel fighter. But can she follow their notion of freedom and what it means to fight for it?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02 Mar 2017

ISBN 10: 0571315623
ISBN 13: 9780571315628
Book Overview: An intense and visionary piece of dystopian fiction, from a writer of enormous range and sensitivity.

Author Bio
Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria in 1974. She is the prize-winning author of five novels - Haweswater, The Electric Michelangelo, The Carhullan Army, How to Paint a Dead Man and The Wolf Border - as well as The Beautiful Indifference, a collection of short stories. The first story in the collection, 'Butchers Perfume', was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, a prize she won in 2013 with 'Mrs Fox'.