The Handmaid's Tale: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Margaret Atwood

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (The New York Times) • The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming

Look for The Testaments, the bestselling, award-winning sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

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, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.

Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood

Review

"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!" —The Washington Post Book World

"The Handmaid's Tale deserves the highest praise." —San Francisco Chronicle

"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." —Houston Chronicle

"Splendid." —Newsweek

Product details

US Paperback

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage

Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 16, 1998

Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st Anchor Books

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 311 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 038549081X

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780385490818

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 - 18 years

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.68 x 7.93 inches

UK Paperback

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 19 September 1996

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099740915

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780099740919

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 225 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 2 x 19.7 cm