The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, in a locale that oddly resembles Cambridge, Massachusetts, it describes life in what was once the United States. Now, however, it has become the Republic of Gilead, a monolithic theocracy that has reacted to social …
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The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, in a locale that oddly resembles Cambridge, Massachusetts, it describes life in what was once the United States. Now, however, it has become the Republic of Gilead, a monolithic theocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans, and has gone far beyond them. This regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for women, and for men as well.
The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions.
The Handmaid's Tale is A Clockwork Orange as seen by women: unexpected, funny, horrifying, and altogether convincing. the book is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning. this is Atwood in top form.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 350 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2006 by Everyman's Library.
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- 140786839
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The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 314 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1998 by Anchor Books.
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- 978-0-385-49081-8Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 324 pages
English language
Published July 5, 2007 by Vintage.
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- 978-0-09-974091-9Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
hardcover, 320 pages
English language
Published April 25, 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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- 978-1-328-87994-3Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 314 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2017 by Vintage.
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- 978-1-78487-318-9Copied ISBN!
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The Handmaid's Tale
Epub
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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- 978-0-547-34566-6Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 324 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Virago.
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- 978-1-85381-174-6Copied ISBN!
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- 55563424
The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 311 pages
English language
Published Feb. 17, 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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- 978-0-395-40425-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 12558693
- ASIN:
- B003JFJHTS
The Handmaid's Tale
Mass Market Paperback, 395 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 1991 by Fawcett Crest.
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- 978-0-449-21260-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 751034567
The Handmaid's Tale
293 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1989 by McClelland-Bantam.
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- 978-0-7704-2263-9Copied ISBN!
Handmaid's Tale
392 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2006 by Everyman.
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- 978-1-84159-301-2Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 324 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1985 by McClelland & Stewart.
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- 978-0-7710-0813-9Copied ISBN!
Handmaid's Tale, The
mp3 cd
English language
Published July 22, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4805-6010-9Copied ISBN!
La servante écarlate
362 pages
French language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Éditions R. Laffont.
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- 978-2-221-05238-9Copied ISBN!
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- 18643757
The Handmaid's Tale (Movie Tie-in)
336 pages
English language
Published April 18, 2017 by Anchor.
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