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
293 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1986 by McClelland & Stewart.
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- 978-0-7704-2115-1Copied ISBN!
A história da Aia
329 pages
Portuguese language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Marco Zero.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-279-0029-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 19511245
The Handmaid's Tale
324 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1996 by Vintage.
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- 978-0-09-974501-3Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Audio Cassette
Published Feb. 13, 2002 by Recorded Books.
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- 978-1-55690-216-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 18285245
Shi nu de gu shi =
350 pages
Chinese language
Published Nov. 13, 2001 by Yi lin chu ban she.
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- 978-7-80657-139-2Copied ISBN!
Jijo no monogatari
338 pages
Japanese language
Published Nov. 13, 1990 by Shinch@osha.
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- 978-4-10-522501-8Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)
531 pages
Published May 3, 2017 by Thorndike Press Large Print.
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- 978-1-4328-3847-8Copied ISBN!
El cuento de la criada
284 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Sudamericana.
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- 978-950-07-0435-9Copied ISBN!
Sargouzasht-e nadiemeh
463 pages
Faroese language
Published Nov. 13, 2005 by Ghoghnoos Publishing.
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- 978-964-311-419-0Copied ISBN!
Der Report der Magd.
398 pages
German language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Claassen.
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- 978-3-546-41084-7Copied ISBN!
Orjattaresi
395 pages
Finnish language
Published Nov. 13, 1998 by Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi.
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- 978-951-31-1210-3Copied ISBN!
Opowieść podręcznej
260 pages
Polish language
Published Nov. 13, 1992 by Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
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- 978-83-06-02212-4Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
audio cd
Published Oct. 28, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4805-5996-7Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale [sound recording]
Published Nov. 13, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4915-1911-0Copied ISBN!
El cuento de la criada
Published Nov. 13, 2016 by Salamandra.
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- 978-84-9838-801-5Copied ISBN!
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