EAN: 9781784874872

MARGARET ATWOOD - GEBRAUCHT THE HANDMAIDS TALE ...

DISCOVER the BESTSELLING DYSTOPIAN NOVEL behind the AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES Second season now
airing on Channel 4 starring Elisabeth Moss  With a new introduction from Margaret Atwood  'I
believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow  or rather  no
shadow unless there is also light.'  Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead  a
religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known 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.  'As relevant today as it was
when Atwood wrote it...no television event has hit such a nerve ...The Handmaid's Tale is more
relevant one year after the first season' - Guardian  'Don't expect to be gripped by a more
potent or involving drama this year' - Telegraph

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