The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...
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Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic. Her books include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, Bodily Harm, The Handmaid's Tale (winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the Governor-General's Award, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made in a major film), Cat's Eye (also shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, which won the Booker Prize in 2000, and Oryx and Crake. She lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson and their daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099496953 |
| ISBN 10 | 009949695X |
| Title | The Handmaid's Tale |
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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