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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La servante écarlate
345 pages
French language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by J'ai Lu.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-277-22781-6Copied ISBN!
Der Report der Magd
Paperback, 398 pages
German language
Published Nov. 13, 1989 by Fischer Taschenbuch.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-596-25987-8Copied ISBN!
Der Report der Magd.
Paperback, 412 pages
German language
Published May 1, 1998 by btb.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-72299-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 75830874
Il racconto dell'ancella
Paperback, 329 pages
Italian language
Published Nov. 13, 2004 by Ponte alle Grazie.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-7928-699-2Copied ISBN!
Der Report der Magd
German language
Published Nov. 17, 2017 by Berlin Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-8270-1384-2Copied ISBN!
Der Report der Magd.
Hardcover, 397 pages
German language
Published Feb. 1, 2001 by Claassen Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-546-00250-9Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
hardcover, 240 pages
Published March 26, 2019 by Nan A. Talese.
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- 978-0-385-53924-1Copied ISBN!
Sinyŏ iyagi The handmaid's tale
520 pages
Korean language
Published Nov. 13, 2002 by Hwanggŭm Kaji.
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- 978-89-8273-552-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 225141379
Handmaid's Tale
112 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2016 by Hodder Education Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4718-5410-1Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
358 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2002 by Emblem Editions.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7710-0855-9Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
443 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1986 by G.K. Hall.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8161-4172-2Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 324 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 1987 by Virago Press Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-86068-866-2Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Audio CD
English language
Published Oct. 5, 2004 by BTC Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-86492-341-7Copied ISBN!
Jijo no monogatari
573 pages
Japanese language
Published Nov. 13, 2001 by Hayakawa Pub..
- ISBN:
- 978-4-15-120011-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 49550433
El Cuento de La Criada
Paperback
Published Jan. 13, 1987 by Sudamericana.
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- 978-950-07-0434-2Copied ISBN!
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