The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (English) Paperback Book

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Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept.

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This is a book to read when young - a compulsive, fierce and terrifying novel that you will not forget** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The TestamentsNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSSOffred 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' Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER'This novel seems ever more vital in the present day' ObserverIncludes exclusive content- In The 'Backstory' you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark dystopian novel.

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A new Vintage Classics edition of this Booker-shortlisted terrifying novel, aimed specifically at young adults. A perennial A Level text, this edition includes the exclusive 'Backstory' of how Margaret Atwood came to write this landmark novel.

Author Biography

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 won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published Dearly, her first collection of poetry for a decade.Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

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A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist -- Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHERCompulsively readable * Daily Telegraph *Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit * Independent *The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story -- Angela CarterMoving, vivid and terrifying. I only hope it's not prophetic * The Listener *

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This is a book to read when young - a compulsive, fierce and terrifying novel that you will not forget

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A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist

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Compulsively readable

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This is a book to read when young - a compulsive, fierce and terrifying novel that you will not forget

Details ISBN1784871443 Author Margaret Atwood Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2016 ISBN-10 1784871443 ISBN-13 9781784871444 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-08-04 Media Book Pages 512 Series The Handmaid's Tale Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1927 Language English Series Number 1 UK Release Date 2016-08-04 AU Release Date 2016-08-04 NZ Release Date 2016-08-04 Narrator Sheila Hancock Illustrator Beverly Arce Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Audience Age 12-18 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this

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