McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771008139 . First Edition. Tan/brown hardcovers, tan titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light wear to the spine ends. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. Small tears to the top spine end, cover rubbing and edgewear. With the book are a few newspaper clippings about the book. "The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages .

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The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions. The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale , and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace . The Handmaid’s Tale , Cat’s Eye , Alias Grace , and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin . She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.

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Bookseller: Bytown Bookery (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26882
Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Atwood, Margaret
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0771008139
ISBN 13: 9780771008139
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: 0771008139, Fiction > Classics, Science Fiction > Dystopia, Femnism
Bookseller catalogs: Classics; Science Fiction & Fantasy;

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