Cover image for The handmaid's tale [large print]
Title:
The handmaid's tale [large print]
Author:
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print core
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publication Date:
2017

1986
Publication Information:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.

©1986
Physical Description:
529 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781432838478
Abstract:
This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
Conference Subject:
Canada Reads (2002) -- Nominee.

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (1985) -- Winner.
Subject Term:
Future, The -- Fiction.

Infertility -- Fiction.

Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction.

Sexism -- Fiction.

Theocracy -- Fiction.

Large type books.
Geographic Term:
North America -- Fiction.
Genre:
Dystopian fiction

Satirical literature
Language:
English
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