Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale: The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series (Vintage Quarterbound Classics)

Eine wunderschöne gebundene Ausgabe von Atwoods ikonischem dystopischen Roman. Offred ist eine Magd in der Republik Gilead, einem religiösen totalitären Staat, der früher als die Vereinigten Staaten bekannt war. Sie ist im Haushalt des Kommandanten Fred Waterford untergebracht – ihr zugewiesener Name, Offred, bedeutet 'von Fred'. Sie hat nur eine Funktion: zu gebären. Weigert sich Offred, in sexuelle Knechtschaft zu treten, um eine verwüstete Welt wieder zu bevölkern, wird sie gehängt. Doch selbst ein repressiver Staat kann Hoffnung und Verlangen nicht auslöschen. Während sie in Rückblenden an ihr Leben vor der Revolution erinnert, muss Offred sich durch die erschreckende Landschaft von Folter und Verfolgung in der Gegenwart navigieren und zwischen zwei Männern, von denen ihre Zukunft abhängt. Meisterhaft konzipiert und ausgeführt, stellt diese eindringliche Vision der Zukunft Margaret Atwood an die Spitze der dystopischen Literatur. So relevant heute wie damals, als Atwood es schrieb. Vintage Viertelgebundene Klassiker: zum Verlieben schön.

A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel. 'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as 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. 'Fiercely political, yet witting and wise...this novel seems ever more vital in the present day' Observer Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel. 'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as 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. 'Fiercely political, yet witting and wise...this novel seems ever more vital in the present day' Observer Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful