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The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.
By: Atwood, Margaret.
Series: Vintage classics: Publisher: Vintage, 2017Edition: New [edition].Description: xv, 324 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781784873189 (pbk.) :; 1784873187 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Classics | ClassicsGenre/Form: Dystopias.Summary: The Republic of Gilead allows Offred only one function - to breed. If she deviates, she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on whom her future hangs.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Novels | Available | 38055400027004 | ||||
| Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | Available | 38055400027005 |
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Previous edition: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
The Republic of Gilead allows Offred only one function - to breed. If she deviates, she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on whom her future hangs.