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
English language
Published 2019 by Bolinda Audio.
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- 978-0-6556-2169-0Copied ISBN!
The Handmaid's Tale
audio cd
Published Oct. 28, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
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Galaad 2195
301 pages
Romanian language
Published Nov. 6, 1995 by Editurii Univers.
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- 978-973-34-0325-8Copied ISBN!
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The Handmaid's Tale
324 pages
English language
Published Aug. 14, 1996 by Vintage.
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- 978-0-09-974501-3Copied ISBN!
Handmaid's Tale
112 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2016 by Hodder Education Group.
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Sinyŏ iyagi The handmaid's tale
520 pages
Korean language
Published Aug. 14, 2002 by Hwanggŭm Kaji.
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- 978-89-8273-552-3Copied ISBN!
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- 225141379
The Handmaid's Tale
443 pages
English language
Published Aug. 14, 1986 by G.K. Hall.
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Jijo no monogatari
573 pages
Japanese language
Published Aug. 14, 2001 by Hayakawa Pub..
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- 978-4-15-120011-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 49550433
The Handmaid's Tale
audio cd
English language
Published March 6, 2004 by BBC Radio.
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The Handmaid's Tale
358 pages
English language
Published Aug. 14, 2002 by Emblem Editions.
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- 978-0-7710-0855-9Copied ISBN!
Il racconto dell'Ancella
Hardcover
Published May 14, 1988 by Arnoldo Mondadori.
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- 978-88-04-28800-8Copied ISBN!
Príbeh služobníčky
352 pages
Slovak language
Published Nov. 6, 2001 by Epos.
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- 978-80-88977-34-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 51581664
Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd
329 pages
Dutch language
Published Nov. 6, 1987 by B. Bakker.
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- OCLC Number:
- 16979628
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