The Handmaid's Tale - the book that inspired the hit TV series and BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read (Paperback)

** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The Testaments. NOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSS Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction. 'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER 'This novel seems ever more vital in the present day' Observer READ THE TESTAMENTS, THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING SEQUEL TO THE HANDMAID'S TALE, TODAY

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Margaret Atwood
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-951166-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-09-951166-5
Barcode:	9780099511663

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