Handmaid's Tale (Paperback) (Margaret Eleanor Atwood)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> First published in 1985, this is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. "A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections between politics and sex".--"The Washington Post Book World". <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller <p/><b><b>An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (<i>The New York Times</i>). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.</b> <p/>Look for <i>The Testaments</i>, the sequel to <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>, available now.</b></b><br> <b> </b><br>In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, <i>The Handmaid's Tale </i>is a modern classic. <p/><b>Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood</b> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections between politics and sex . . . Just as the world of Orwell's 1984 gripped our imaginations, so will the world of Atwood's handmaid! --<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/><i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> deserves the highest praise. --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/>Atwood takes many trends which exist today and stretches them to their logical and chilling conclusions . . . An excellent novel about the directions our lives are taking . . . Read it while it's still allowed. --<i>Houston Chronicle</i> <p/>Splendid. --<i>Newsweek</i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Margaret Atwood, </b> whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include <i>Cat's Eye</i>, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; <i>Alias Grace</i>, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; <i>The Blind Assassin</i>, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; <i>Oryx and Crake</i>, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; <i>The Year of the Flood</i>, <i>MaddAddam</i>; and <i>Hag-Seed</i>. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.
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