| The Handmaid's Tale: Introduction by Valerie Martin Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author), Martin, Valerie (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0307264602 ISBN-13: 9780307264602 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a handmaid. She is hoping the commander makes her pregnant because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she had a job of her own, a husband, and a child, but all of that is gone now. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006042618 |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.26" W x 8.26" (1.08 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8109 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Margaret Atwood is "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). 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 that the Commander makes 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. Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant. |