Übersicht
First published in 1985, The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. With more than two million copies in print, it is Margaret Atwood's most popular and compelling novel.Set in the near future, it describes life in what once was the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead. Reacting to social unrest, and a sharply declining birthrate, the new regime has reverted to -- even gone beyond -- the repressive tolerance of the original Puritans. Offred is a Handmaid who 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 she is only valued as long as her 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.
andere Versionen (27)
-
The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) None -
使女的故事 新星出版社 2025 -
使女的故事 : 图像小说 岭南美术出版社 2024 -
The Handmaid's Tale Harper Large Print 2023 -
使女的故事 上海译文出版社 2020 -
使女的故事 上海译文出版社 2020 -
The Handmaid's Tale Cornelsen Verlag GmbH + C 2020 -
The Handmaid's Tale Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019 -
使女的故事 天培文化 2017 -
The Handmaid's Tale Vintage Classics 2017 -
El cuento de la criada Salamandra 2017 -
The Handmaid's Tale Vintage 2017 -
The Handmaid's Tale Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017 -
O Conto da Aia Rocco 2017 -
使女的故事 上海译文出版社 2017 -
The Handmaid's Tale Vintage Classics 2010 -
Het verhaal van de Dienstmaagd Prometheus 2009 -
Het verhaal van de Dienstmaagd Prometheus 2009 -
使女的故事 译林出版社 2008 -
The Handmaid's Tale Everyman's Library 2006 -
使女的故事 台北市天培文化有限公司 2002 -
使女的故事 译林出版社 2001 -
The Handmaid's Tale BBC Audiobooks America 2000 -
The Handmaid's Tale Anchor Books 1998 -
The Handmaid's Tale Anchor 1998 -
The Handmaid's Tale Vintage Books 1996 -
The Handmaid's Tale Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1986