by Margaret Atwood · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781784873189
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«The Handmaid's Tale» is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, published by Random House UK in paperback (336 pages, in English).
In the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian religious state set in what was the United States, Offred is a handmaid whose only function is to procreate. If she deviates, the wall or death by radiation awaits her; despite everything, her desire and memories of her former life persist. Her future depends on the two men of the house where she serves.
It belongs to the Vintage Classics collection, with a new introduction by the author and an edition linked to the television series. The work is from 1985; its sequel The Testaments was published in 2019.
For readers of dystopias and feminist fiction, as well as for those who want to discover a work of Canadian literature.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
