HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (TV TIE-IN VINTAGE CLASSICS) - Softcover

ATWOOD MARGARET

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784873187 ISBN 13: 9781784873189

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK, 2017

Caution! No English version! Polish release.

From the Back Cover:

Offered is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets where signs are now in pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant because, in an age of declining births, Offered and other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offered can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now....

Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

From the Inside Flap:

"Splendid."
NEWSWEEK
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and 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 was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
"Deserves the highest praise."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

From the Paperback edition.

• Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1784873187
• ISBN 13: 9781784873189
• Binding: Paperback