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The Handmaid's Tale
de Atwood, Margaret
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395404258
- ISBN 13
- 9780395404256
- Librería
-
Silverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0395404258 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has mild tanning on the spine and near the top edge, the jacket is clean and attractive with no other remarkable flaws, the original price (16.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, the publisher's postcard-size "Bookcard" is also included, a powerful novel anout what our society could become if certain demented people gain control ; 311 pages .
Sinopsis
The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions. The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale , and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace . The Handmaid’s Tale , Cat’s Eye , Alias Grace , and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin . She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.
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- Librería
- Mainly Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 055114
- Título
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Autor
- Atwood, Margaret
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395404258
- ISBN 13
- 9780395404256
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
- Palabras clave
- 0395404258
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General Fiction;
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