The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.
Set in the Republic of Gilead, the former United States, during the late twentieth century. The declining birth rates caused by the effects of nuclear fallout and the AIDS epidemic result in a new social structure where all young women who can bear healthy children, are allocated to powerful regime men. This is the story of one of these young women.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771008795 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 358 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Emblem edition.
- Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : McCelland & Stewart, 2019.
- Copyright: ©1985
Content descriptions
General Note: | First published in 1985. |
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Genre: | Science fiction. Dystopian fiction. Political fiction. |
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- 14 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | ATW (Text) | 35151000673533 | Adult Fiction | Not holdable | Lost and Paid | 2023-04-29 |
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An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from âthe patron saint of feminist dystopian fictionâ (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.
In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate âHandmaidsâ under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offredâs persistent memories of life in the âtime beforeâ and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwoodâs devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaidâs Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.