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| Original Title: | The Handmaid's Tale |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Handmaid's Tale #1 |
| Characters: | The Commander, Offred, Serena Joy, Ofglen, Nick, Moira, Luke Castellan |
| Setting: | Cambridge, Massachusetts,2005(United States) Republic of Gilead,2005 |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (1986), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986), Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1987), Arthur C. Clarke Award (1987), Audie Award for Fiction (2013) Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1986), Prometheus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Retrospective (1995), Governor General's |
| Literary Awards: | / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1985), SF Chronicle Award Nominee for Novel (1987), Commonwealth Writers' Prize Nominee for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (1987), CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2002) |
Margaret Atwood
Paperback | Pages: 312 pages Rating: 4.11 | 1323454 Users | 65504 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1) |
| Author | : | Margaret Atwood |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 1st Anchor Books edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 312 pages |
| Published | : | April 1998 by Anchor Books (first published August 1985) |
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now . . . Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.Rating Containing Books The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1)
Ratings: 4.11 From 1323454 Users | 65504 ReviewsCrit Containing Books The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1)
Not a very well written book. The writing itself is clumsy. It doesn't feel like you're reading a story; it feels like you're reading a piece of writing. Good writers put their words together for a calculated effect, but Atwood's words aren't just calculated-- they're contrived. In a good piece of writing, you shouldn't see the writer at all. You shouldn't see the structure of their writing. All you should see is the story. If you're seeing the deliberate cadence of a phrase, or the use ofI guess Atwood doesn't believe in quotation marks.. I don't think I've ever come across a novel yet in which there is no distinction between the narrator and the character. It took me quite a while to get used to that type of style of writing. I had to go back and re-read sentences again and again, which doesn't really lend itself to a relaxing reading experience, and it slowed me down quite a bit..First 100 pages:Really annoying..why? well because I felt like a juicy bone was being waved in
"Nolite te bastardes carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) Me, after reading this book: "Meh!" Because so many of my esteemed Goodreads friends have sung in praise of this novel, I felt that I was destined to join their burgeoning ranks. Instead, I was left scratching my head, wondering if I'd even read the same book!I was that rarity - an Atwood virgin - and I was knee-tremblingly keen to pop my cherry. I would love to say that I was enthralled and that I am now a fan, but I
i am a massive scaredy cat. and as i rule, i avoid all things horrifying, frightening, spooky, and anything else that will give me nightmares. so this book came as an absolute shock. i am terrified. right down to my bones.how can i be so fascinated by this kind of society, but also repulsed by it at the same time? why do i feel confident that something like this could never happen, but also have a voice in the back of my mind whispering, are you really so sure? what makes me want to never think
Pam wrote: "This book isn't about abortion or religion. It is about control. Socialism. One "elite" party making rules for everyone else, being exempt
It's been almost five years since I wrote my review. I've rewritten large parts of it for clarity. The main idea remains the same. Extremist Judeo-Christian beliefs have won America's culture war. Now women have no rights. They are slaves to men and the biblical, patriarchal society in which they live. The Handmaid's Tale is the first-person account of one of these enslaved women.Massachusetts Turns Into Saudi Arabia?More than thirty years have passed since The Handmaid's Tale was first
Don't let the bastards grind you down. There's a lot of talk about women's rights these days. There were times where I thought: enough already. You girls got it good. I looked around me and saw women with strong voices and a million choices. If they wished to go for a career, they could go for it. If they didn't, no biggie. Their liberty seemed greater than men's in a lot of respects. The power they wield over men is magnificent and often described as the greatest humanity is capable of: a
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