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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- BNF ID:
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La servante écarlate
mass market paperback, 345 pages
French language
Published July 6, 1990 by J'ai lu.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-277-22781-6Copied ISBN!
El cuento de la criada
Paperback, 442 pages
Spanish language
Published 2002 by Suma de Letras.
- OCLC Number:
- 433168431
La servante écarlate
Paperback, 576 pages
French language
Published by Robert Laffont.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-221-24994-9Copied ISBN!
Cuento de la Criada, / the Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 416 pages
Spanish language
Published 2024 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-663-7747-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1504760223
O conto da criada
Paperback, 426 pages
Galician language
Published 2019 by Irmás Cartoné.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-948421-3-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1139014617
La servante écarlate
pocket book, 560 pages
French language
Published July 6, 2019 by ROBERT LAFFONT.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-221-24602-3Copied ISBN!
Neskamearen ipuina
Paperback, 403 pages
Basque language
Published 2020 by Txalaparta.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-18252-20-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1227082777
El cuento de la criada
Hardcover, 398 pages
Spanish language
Published 2017 by Círculo de Lectores.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-672-7107-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1022091729
Handmaid's Tale
Paperback, 320 pages
Published Aug. 1, 2011 by Vintage Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-956314-3Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
Hardcover, 324 pages
English language
Published Aug. 14, 1985 by McClelland & Stewart.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7710-0813-9Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
hardcover, 320 pages
English language
Published July 6, 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-328-87994-3Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
350 pages
English language
Published July 5, 1985 by McClelland & Stewart.
- OCLC Number:
- 140786839
- GoodReads:
- 4025053
The Handmaid's Tale
402 pages
English language
Published Dec. 2, 1998 by Seal Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7704-2820-4Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
392 pages
English language
Published July 6, 2006 by Everyman.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84159-301-2Copied 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!
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