The Handmaid's Tale - Vintage Quarterbound Classics

A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood''s iconic dystopian novel. 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. ''As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it'' Guardian VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Atwood
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9781784879679
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-967-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 204 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Vintage Quarterbound Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Dystopian, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Feminism and feminist theory, FICTION / Feminist, Dystopian and utopian fiction, FICTION / World Literature / Canada / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary