Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 04/03/2021
ISBN: 9781784875930
Length: 416 Pages
Dimensions: 178mm x 26mm x 129mm
Weight: 298g
RRP: £9.99
MOST LOVED. MOST RED. Ten must-read modern classics.
'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.'
Imagine a world where women's bodies are controlled by men. Where society has descended into religious patriarchy and censorship. Where the environment has been destroyed and a powerful few hold the reins to all wealth and freedom. Welcome to Gilead. This is the story of Offred, a Handmaid forced into sexual servitude, in the country once known as the USA.
Atwood's Handmaids have become a symbol of feminist resistance. This masterpiece blurs the boundaries between fiction and news headlines.
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY NAOMI ALDERMAN
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 04/03/2021
ISBN: 9781784875930
Length: 416 Pages
Dimensions: 178mm x 26mm x 129mm
Weight: 298g
RRP: £9.99
Compulsively readable
The mother of all feminist dystopian novels.
The novel satirises the strain of evangelical puritanism in American culture and the objectification and control of women’s bodies. It is more broadly a contemporary myth of despotic power, and how such power deforms those who are subjected to it.
One of Atwood’s finest pieces of work serves as a great reminder of what humanity is capable of.