The handmaid's tale

R$ 92,90

Sinopse

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.

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Autor: Margaret Atwood

Autor

MARGARET ATWOOD

Margaret Atwood, uma das escritoras mais admiradas mundialmente, nasceu na cidade canadense de Ottawa, em 1939. Graduou-se em Artes na Universidade de Toronto e foi professora de Literatura Inglesa em várias universidades canadenses. Após viver períodos nos EUA, na França, na Inglaterra, na Itália e na Alemanha, hoje mora em Toronto. Recebeu diversos prêmios, como o Man Booker Prize de 2000 por O Assassino cego, Chevalier de l’Ordre dês Arts e dês Lettres e o Príncipe de Astúrias de 2008 pelo conjunto de sua obra, entre outros. Seus livros foram traduzidos para mais de trinta idiomas. É autora de mais de 35 obras de poesia, prosa e não ficção, entre elas O conto da aia, Dançarinas, Lesão corporal, Madame Oráculo, Olho de gato, A vida antes do homem, Vulgo Grace, O assassino cego, Oryx & Crake, Negociando com os mortos, A tenda e Buscas curiosas, todos publicados no Brasil.