01362nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200210009110000200011224500190013226000260015130000270017736500650020452008910026965000200116020211005160713.0211005b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780099740919  cAL  aeng  223a813.54bATWH  aMargaret Atwood  aHandmaids tale  aLondonbVintagec1996  a320p.bPBc19.5x12.5cm  2GeneralaBBP2557b₹399.20c₹d₹499.00e20%f27-09-2021  aOffred 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.
Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.  aScience fiction