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In a startling departure from her previous novels (Lady Oracle, Surfacing), respected Canadian poet and novelist Atwood presents here a fable of the near future. In the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, far-right Schlafly/Falwell-type ideals have been carried to extremes in the monotheocratic government. The resulting society is a feminist's nightmare: women are strictly controlled, unable to have jobs or money and assigned to various classes: the chaste, childless Wives; the housekeeping Marthas; and the reproductive Handmaids, who turn their offspring over to the "morally fit" Wives. The tale is told by
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 5 July 2007
ISBN-10 : 0099740915 | ISBN-13: 9780099740919
Release date: 5 July 2007
ISBN-10 : 0099740915 | ISBN-13: 9780099740919
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