Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
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In this futuristic fantasy, the Republic of Gilead--formerly the United States--is a fundamentalist regime that has reduced women to a state of servitude and suppressed all civil rights. The protagonist, a woman called Offred, becomes the Handmaid of the Commander, expected to bear him a child in exchange for her freedom. Old enough to remember life before the revolution, Offred resists the new order and becomes involved in an underground resistance movement. Atwood's novel was a best seller and became the basis for a popular movie.
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Publisher Anchor Books |
Date 1998 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Date 1986 |
Price $1.00 |
Used - Good |
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Publisher Recorded Books |
Date 2002 |
Price $21.55 |
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Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 1987 |
Price $12.00 |
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Publisher McClelland and Stewart |
Date 1985 |
Price $4.50 |
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Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 1987 |
Price $6.89 |
Used - Good |
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Publisher Bantam Books of Canada Ltd |
Date 1986 |
Price $4.35 |
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Publisher Ballantine Books |
Date 1989 |
Price $1.00 |
Used, Good |
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Publisher Ballantine Books |
Date 1996 |
Price $1.99 |
Good. No dust jacket as issued. Name inside cover. Clean text pages |
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Publisher Goose Lane Editions |
Date 2004 |
Price $15.69 |
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Publisher Bt Bound |
Date 1999 |
Price $104.95 |
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Publisher Dh Audio |
Date 1987 |
Price None Available |
Media Reviews
"A gripping suspense tale, THE HANDMAID'S TALE is an allegory of what results from a politics based on misogyny, racism, and anti-Semitism. What makes the novel so terrifying is that Gilead both is and is not the world we know....The depth and complexity of Atwood's critique of contemporary society are stunning....[A] stark, even gruesome book, but it does not yield to despair and neither does its author."
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