{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-the-handmaids-tale-book-1","title":"The Handmaid's Tale (the Handmaid's Tale Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy (author) Atwood, Margaret\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort description\/annotation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid''s, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** THE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNO. 1 BESTSELLER **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The Testaments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffred 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist’ Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This novel seems ever more vital in the present day’\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"data table additional-attributes\" id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Author\"\u003eBy (author) Atwood, Margaret\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eDate Of Publication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Date Of Publication\"\u003eAug 4, 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eEAN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"EAN\"\u003e9781784871444\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Contributors\"\u003eAtwood, Margaret\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eVintage Classics\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eLanguages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Languages\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eCountry of Publication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Country of Publication\"\u003eUnited Kingdom\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eWidth\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Width\"\u003e129 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eHeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Height\"\u003e188 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eThickness\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Thickness\"\u003e31 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eProduct Forms\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Product Forms\"\u003ePaperback \/ Softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"col label\" scope=\"row\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"col data\" data-th=\"Weight\"\u003e0.38 Kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49249400717562,"sku":null,"price":15.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/2131\/3786\/files\/9781784871444_2_01.jpg?v=1782908159","url":"https:\/\/bookboxlb.shop\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-the-handmaids-tale-book-1","provider":"BookBox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}