| The Handmaid's Tale Deluxe Edition Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0358346290 ISBN-13: 9780358346296 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This beautiful edition of Margaret Atwood's seminal work of speculative fiction features a leatherette cover, gilt edging, and ribbon marker--a perfect gift for book lovers and fans of the Hulu series. The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its image and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. |
Contributor Bio(s): Atwood, Margaret: - MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale (now a Hulu series) and its sequel The Testaments, her novels include The Blind Assassin (winner of the Booker Prize), Alias Grace (winner of the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy), The Robber Bride, Cat's Eye, The Penelopiad, The Heart Goes Last, and Hag-Seed, a novel revisitation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, for the Hogarth Shakespeare Project. Her latest book of short stories is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. She is also the author of the graphic novel Angel Cat-bird (with cocreator Johnnie Christmas). Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson. |