{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood-9780099740919","title":"The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NO. 1 BESTSELLER **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGo back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffred 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAtwood, Margaret\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Robber Bride, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eMaddAddam \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy. Her 1985 classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale,\u003c\/i\u003e was followed in 2019 by a sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published \u003ci\u003eDearly\u003c\/i\u003e, her first collection of poetry for a decade.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 324 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65760727728477,"sku":"K066403084","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6640308400001A.jpg?v=1788223696","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood-9780099740919","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}