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The handmaid's tale

Title
The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood, with an introduction by Valerie Martin.
Author
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2006.
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Martin, Valerie, 1948-
Description
xxxiii, 350 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray for the Commander to make her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.
Series Statement
Everyman's library ; 301
Uniform Title
Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 301.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dystopian fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Novels.
  • Political fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.
Note
  • Originally published: London : Cape, 1986. With new introd., bibliography, and chronology.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page xix).
Awards (note)
  • Governor General's Award, 1985.
Contents
Night -- Shopping -- Night -- Waiting room -- Nap -- Household -- Night -- Birth day -- Night -- Soul scrolls -- Night -- Jezebel's -- Night -- Salvaging -- Night.
Call Number
JFD 15-1838
ISBN
  • 0307264602
  • 9780307264602
LCCN
2006042618
OCLC
64592213
Author
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Title
The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood, with an introduction by Valerie Martin.
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2006.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Canadians
Women
Series
Everyman's library ; 301
Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 301.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page xix).
Awards
Governor General's Award, 1985.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Martin, Valerie, 1948- writer of introduction. Author of introduction
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Online version: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale. New York : Everyman's Library, 2006 (OCoLC)761461066
Research Call Number
JFD 15-1838
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