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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

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The Handmaid's Tale

by Atwood, Margaret

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ISBN 10
0224023489
ISBN 13
9780224023481
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Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. VG-/Good+ 3rd impression 1986 Cape hardback, unclipped DJ. Booker Price sticker to front. Some inky residue to top rear area of jacket panel, thin strip of water-staining to inside top and bottom edges of jacket, light page tan else VG and unmarked internally. More Atwood available. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 324 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Literary Studies: From C 1900 -; ISBN: 0224023489. ISBN/EAN: 9780224023481. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 080888.. 9780224023481

Synopsis

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
84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
080888
Title
The Handmaid's Tale
Author
Atwood, Margaret
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Early Edition
ISBN 10
0224023489
ISBN 13
9780224023481
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1986
Keywords
BZDB14 Literary Studies: From C 1900 -, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Contemporary Fiction Fiction; Literary Studies: From C 1900 -; The Handmaids Tale Atwood Margaret

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