{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood-9781784874872","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. 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\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Game-changing... gains more significance with each passing year' Dua Lipa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\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. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eDearly \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Paper Boat; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurning Questions\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of essays; \u003ci\u003eOld Babes in the Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of short stories; and \u003ci\u003eBook of Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, her memoir. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and 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. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), A-format paperback, Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66094481178973,"sku":"K069068512","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6906851200001A.jpg?v=1790839096","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood-9781784874872","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}