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
Mass Market Paperback, 395 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 1991 by Fawcett Crest.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-449-21260-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 751034567
The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 311 pages
English language
Published Feb. 17, 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-395-40425-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 12558693
- ASIN:
- B003JFJHTS
The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 350 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2006 by Everyman's Library.
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- 978-0-307-26460-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 140786839
- Goodreads:
- 4025053
The Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 324 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85381-174-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 55563424
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!
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.
Paperback, 412 pages
German language
Published May 1, 1998 by btb.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-72299-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 75830874
Der Report der Magd
Paperback, 398 pages
German language
Published Nov. 13, 1989 by Fischer Taschenbuch.
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- 978-3-596-25987-8Copied 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.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-385-53924-1Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Audio CD
English language
Published Oct. 5, 2004 by BTC Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-86492-341-7Copied 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 (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)
531 pages
Published May 3, 2017 by Thorndike Press Large Print.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4328-3847-8Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale (Movie Tie-in)
336 pages
Published April 18, 2017 by Anchor.
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- 978-0-525-43500-6Copied ISBN!
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The Handmaid's Tale [sound recording]
Published Nov. 13, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4915-1911-0Copied ISBN!
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