Edition |
1st Anchor books ed. |
Description |
311 pages ; 21 cm |
Note |
Includes historical notes (p. 299-311). |
Summary |
A look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction. |
Audience |
Young Adult. |
Contents |
Night -- Shopping -- Night -- Waiting room -- Nap -- Household -- Night -- Birth day -- Night -- Soul scrolls -- Night -- Jezebel's -- NIght -- Salvaging -- Night -- Historical notes. |
Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
|
|
Man-woman relationships. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
|
Subject |
Misogyny -- Fiction.
|
|
Misogyny. |
|
Women -- Fiction.
|
|
Women -- Fiction. |
|
Women. |
|
Misogyny. |
|
Women. |
|
Womyn. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
|
Other Form: |
Online version: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 1998, ©1986 (OCoLC)607561708 |
|
Online version: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 1998, ©1986 (OCoLC)607937281 |
ISBN |
0808598295 (Topeka) |
|
0606181245 |
|
038549081X (paperback) |
|
9780385490818 (paperback) |
|
9780808598299 (Topeka) |
|
9780606181242 |
|