The Handmaid's Tale

<b>** THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> NO. 1 BESTSELLER **</b><br> <br> <b>Discover the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series in this beautiful gift edition.</b><br> <br> <b>'I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.'</b><br> <br> Offred 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.<br> <br> Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.<br> <br> <b>'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it...no television event has hit such a nerve ...' <i>Guardian</i></b><br> <b><br></b><b>READ <i>THE TESTAMENTS</i>, THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING SEQUEL TO <i>THE HANDMAID'S TALE</i>, TODAY</b>