The Resource The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood
The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood
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- Summary
- Before The Testaments, there was The Handmaid's Tale: an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9780547345666
- Label
- The handmaid's tale
- Title
- The handmaid's tale
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Atwood
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Before The Testaments, there was The Handmaid's Tale: an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Atwood, Margaret
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- hoopla digital
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- Theocracy
- Dystopias
- Pregnancy
- Man-woman relationships
- Misogyny
- Women
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780547345666
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 14850366
- Publisher number
- MWT14850366
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT14850366
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780547345666
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 14850366
- Publisher number
- MWT14850366
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT14850366
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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