{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-the-graphic-novel-margaret-atwood","title":"The Handmaid's Tale, The Graphic Novel (Margaret Atwood)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative, startling, prophetic, and more relevant than ever, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e has become a global phenomenon. Now, in this stunning graphic novel edition of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, the terrifying \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ereality of Gilead is brought to vivid life like never before.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us.\" Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, ecause in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming Gileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series. This groundbreaking new graphic novel edition, adapted and featuring arresting artwork by Renée Nault, is destined to become a classic in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003cb\u003eRenée Nault\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian artist known for her vivid and dreamlike illustrations in watercolour and ink. Her work has appeared in books, magazines, and graphic novels worldwide. She currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit www.reneenault.com.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 240 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65891714138461,"sku":"K073413240","price":22.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7341324000001A.jpg?v=1789125060","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-the-graphic-novel-margaret-atwood","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}