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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

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A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist -- Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER
Compulsively readable * Daily Telegraph *
Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit * Independent *
The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story -- Angela Carter
Moving, vivid and terrifying. I only hope it's not prophetic * The Listener *

The Handmaids Tale

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    A Paperback / softback by Margaret Atwood

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 7 October 2010
      ISBN-13 9780099511663
      978-0099511663
      ISBN-10 0099511665
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      Non Fiction Politics, Philosophy & Society Feminism and feminist theory Books by Margaret Atwood

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

      Trade Review
      A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist -- Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER
      Compulsively readable * Daily Telegraph *
      Out of a narrative shadowed by terror, gleam sharp perceptions, brilliant intense images and sardonic wit * Independent *
      The Handmaid's Tale is both a superlative exercise in science fiction and a profoundly felt moral story -- Angela Carter
      Moving, vivid and terrifying. I only hope it's not prophetic * The Listener *

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