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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 19/09/1996
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ISBN: 9780099740919
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Length: 320 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm
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Weight: 224g
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RRP: £8.99
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Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.
Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
‘This novel seems ever more vital in the present day’ Observer
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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 19/09/1996
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ISBN: 9780099740919
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Length: 320 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm
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Weight: 224g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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"One of Atwood’s finest pieces of work serves as a great reminder of what humanity is capable of."
Hannah Dunn, Red
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"Margaret Atwood is a wry and perceptive observer of society as well as an original storyteller"
Cecilia Heyes, Psychologist
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"Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit and astute perception"
Essence
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"This is a novel pervaded by violence, sex, terror, but also by contemplation, analysis and – occasionally – by hope… Atwood shockingly reveals what we could be capable of."
Elly McCausland, Cherwell Newspaper
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"Compulsively readable"
Daily Telegraph
