From the Publisher
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the
home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day
to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping
the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her
ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she
was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and
child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
From the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939, and
grew up in northern Quebec and Ontario, and later in Toronto. She
has lived in numerous cities in Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
She is the author of more than forty books - novels, short stories,
poetry, literary criticism, social history, and books for children.
Atwood's work is acclaimed internationally and has been published
around the world. Her novels include The Handmaid's Tale
and Cat's Eye - both shortlisted for the Booker Prize;
The Robber Bride, winner of the Trillium Book Award and a
finalist for the Governor General's Award; Alias Grace,
winner of the prestigious Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio
Mondello in Italy, and a finalist for the Governor General's Award,
the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and the International IMPAC
Dublin Literary Award; The Blind Assassin, winner of the
Booker Prize and a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin
Literary Award; and Oryx and Crake, a finalist for The
Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Orange Prize, and
the Man Booker Prize. Her most recent books of fiction are The
Penelopiad, The Tent, and Moral Disorder.
She is the recipient of numerous honours, such as The Sunday
Times Award for Literary Excellence in the U.K., the National
Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature in the U.S., Le Chevalier
dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France, and she was the
first winner of the London Literary Prize. She has received
honorary degrees from universities across Canada, and one from
Oxford University in England.
Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with novelist Graeme Gibson.
Hardcover
368 Pages, 5.2 x 8.1 x 1.3 in
October 29, 2009
McClelland & Stewart
English
0771008740
9780771008740