The Handmaid's Tale

Provocative, startling, prophetic, and more relevant than ever, The Handmaid's Tale has become a global phenomenon. Now, in this stunning graphic novel edition of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, the terrifying reality of Gilead is brought to vivid life like never before."Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us." Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, ecause in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.The Handmaid's Tale and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming ileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series. This groundbreaking new graphic novel edition, adapted and featuring arresting artwork by Renee Nault, is destined to become a classic in its own right.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Atwood, Renée Nault
• Assisted by: Renée Nault (Illustration)
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.03.2019
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire
• EAN: 9780224101936
• ISBN: 978-0-224-10193-6
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions (packing): 16.6 x 24.1 x 2 cm
• Series: Der Report der Magd / The Handmaid's Tale > 1
• Subjects: Feminism, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Dystopian, Narrative theme: Social issues, the handmaid's tale, Gilead, Literary fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Dystopian and utopian fiction, American / British style comic books and graphic novels, comic books, plays, Dystopian fiction, contemporary fiction, Womens Fiction, graphic novels for adults, Feminist books, graphic novels for kids, Graphic novels for teens, feminism books, Feminist fiction, picture books for adults, dystopian fiction books, womens books, presents for mum, presents for daughter, top ten graphic novels, roe vs wade, fun home alison bechdel, persepolis marjane satrapi, Utopia Book, presents for wife