The Handmaid's Tale
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By Atwood, Margaret
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that... of the two men on which her future hangs.
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| ISBN |
9780099511663 |
| Released NZ |
1 Dec 2010 |
| Publisher |
Vintage |
| Format |
Paperback |
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| Series |
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| Availability |
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| ISBN-13 |
9780099511663 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
In-stock at publisher; ships 7-14 working days |
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| Publisher |
Vintage |
| Imprint |
Vintage Classics |
| Released |
1 Dec 2010
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| Publication Country |
 United Kingdom |
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| Format |
Paperback
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| Author(s) |
By Atwood, Margaret |
| Series |
The Handmaid's Tale |
| Category |
Fiction
Modern Fiction
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| Number of Pages |
336 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 129mm
Height: 198mm
Spine: 21mm |
| Dewey Code |
813.54 |
| Weight |
234g |
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| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Reading Age |
General Audience |
| Library of Congress |
Canadian fiction, 20th century, Oppression Psychology - Comic books, strips, etc, Religious fundamentalism - Comic books, strips, etc - United States, Women slaves - Comic books, strips, etc - United States |
| NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit -- Peter Kemp Independent The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story -- Angela Carter Moving, vivid and terrifying. I only hope it's not prophetic -- Conor Cruise O'Brien The Listener The images of brilliant emptiness are one of the most striking aspects of this novel about totalitarian blindness...the effect is chilling -- Linda Taylor Sunday Times Powerful...admirable -- Robert Irwin Time Out |
| UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 3 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Margaret Atwood is Canada's most eminent novelist, poet and critic. Her books include The Edible Woman, Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, Bodily Harm, The Handmaid's Tale (winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction and the Governor-General's Award, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made in a major film). Cat's Eye (also shortlisted for the Booker Prize) The Robber Bride and Alias Grace. Finally, The Blind Assassin won the Booker Prize in 2000.
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