Margaret Atwood

This beautiful edition of Margaret Atwood's seminal work of speculative fiction features a leatherette cover, gilt edging, and ribbon marker--a perfect gift for book lovers and fans of the Hulu series from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times)The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best." Atwood takes many trends which exist today and stretches them to their logical and chilling conclusions . . . An excellent novel about the directions our lives are taking . . . Read it while it's still allowed." -Houston Chronicle

Legendary novelist, poet, and essayist Margaret Atwood delivers a surprising look at the topic of "debt" -- a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval. In her intelligent and imaginative approach to the subject, Atwood proposes that "debt" is like air -- something we take for granted and never think about until things go wrong. This is not a book about practical debt management or high finance, although it does touch upon those subjects. Rather, it goes far deeper into an investigation of debt as a very old, very central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies. By looking at how debt has informed our thinking from preliterate times to the present day, through the stories we tell to our concepts of "revenge" and "sin" to the way we structure our social relationships, Atwood shows that this idea of what we owe -- in other words, "debt" -- is possibly built into the human imagination as one of its most dynamic metaphors. In the final section, Atwood touches upon not only our current global financial situation, but also the concept of our "debt to nature" and how our ideas of ownership and debt must be changed if we are to find a new way to interact with our natural environment before it is too late.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

By the author of The Handmaid's TaleNow a major NETFLIX seriesSometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.'Brilliant... Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin' Hilary Mantel'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times'A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific... I don't think I have ever been so thrilled' Julie Myerson, Independent on Sunday

Winner of the Man Booker PrizeBy the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceLaura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama.

Romanen bag tv-serien The Handmaid's Tale. "Tjenerindens fortælling" er en grusom beretning fra den nære fremtids USA, der er blevet til diktaturet Gilead. De få fødedygtige kvinder, der er tilbage, efter at forurening har gjort befolkningen steril, er blevet placeret hos samfundets magtelite. De skal sørge for, så slægten videreføres. Hvis tjenerinderne nægter, straffes de med døden. Tjenerinden Offred er blevet anbragt i huset hos en af det totalitære samfunds spidser og hans kone. Men den undertrykkende stat kan ikke udslette Offreds længsler og ønsker. "Tjenerindens fortælling" er en rystende og universel fortælling om uvidenhed, frygt og undertrykkelse. Margaret Atwood (f. 1939) er canadisk forfatter, litteraturkritiker og miljøaktivist. "The Handmaid's Tale" er Margaret Atwoods hovedværk fra 1985 og en moderne klassiker.

"Tio dagar efter krigsslutet körde min syster Laura av vägen på en bro." Laura Chases äldre syster, Iris, blev vid 18 års ålder bortgift med en framgångsrik företagsledare. Nu är hon fattig, 82 år gammal och bor i Port Ticonderoga, en liten stad som före första världskriget mer eller mindre styrdes av deras då mycket förmögna familj. Samtidigt som Iris klagar över sin numera opålitliga kropp tänker hon tillbaka på sitt långt ifrån exemplariska liv och de risker hon har tagit. I fokus står de händelser som inträffade i samband med systerns tragiska och alltför tidiga död. Först och främst handlar det om publiceringen av Den blinde mördaren, en roman som gjorde den döda Laura Chase ökänd men också gav upphov till en sannskyldig kult. Iris lever nu "i skuggan av Laura". Lauras roman som var sexuellt mycket frispråkig för sin tid - det oroliga 1930-talet - handlar om en vågad kärlekshistoria mellan en rik ung kvinna och en man på flykt. Under sina hemliga möten i hyresrum och på sjaskiga kaféer underhåller de två älskande varandra genom att hitta på en otäck berättelse i bästa kiosklitteraturstil. Samtidigt som den påhittade historien slingrar sig fram genom kärlek och svartsjuka, självuppoffring och svek, gör också den verkliga historien det, och båda närmar sig med förfärande hastighet krig och katastrof. Den blinde mördaren är en upprörande, fruktansvärd och fängslande roman med drastisk humor och mörk dramatik - Margaret Atwood tar helt enkelt andan ur läsaren.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood, read by Elisabeth Moss, with Bradley Whitford, Amy Landecker and Ann Dowd. READ BY ELISABETH MOSS, STAR OF THE HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like 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 which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.

BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES * RECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW Y EN SU PODCAST READ WITH JENNA El libro en que se basa la serie de hulu. El libro de cabecera de una nueva generaci n. Ampar ndose en la coartada del terrorismo isl mico, unos pol ticos te cratas se hacen con el poder y, como primera medida, suprimen la libertad de prensa y los derechos de las mujeres. Esta trama, inquietante y oscura, que bien podr a encontrarse en cualquier obra actual, pertenece en realidad a esta novela escrita por Margaret Atwood a principios de los ochenta, en la que la afamada autora canadiense anticip con llamativa premonici n una amenaza latente en el mundo de hoy. En la Rep blica de Gilead, el cuerpo de Defred s lo sirve para procrear, tal como imponen las f rreas normas establecidas por la dictadura puritana que domina el pa s. Si Defred se rebela -o si, aceptando colaborar a rega adientes, no es capaz de concebir- le espera la muerte en ejecuci n p blica o el destierro a unas Colonias en las que sucumbir a la poluci n de los residuos t xicos. As , el r gimen controla con mano de hierro hasta los m s nfimos detalles de la vida de las mujeres: su alimentaci n, su indumentaria, incluso su actividad sexual. Pero nadie, ni siquiera un gobierno desp tico parapetado tras el supuesto mandato de un dios todopoderoso, puede gobernar el pensamiento de una persona. Y mucho menos su deseo. Los peligros inherentes a mezclar religi n y pol tica; el empe o de todo poder absoluto en someter a las mujeres como paso conducente a sojuzgar a toda la poblaci n; la fuerza incontenible del deseo como elemento transgresor: son tan s lo una muestra de los temas que aborda este relato desgarrador, aderezado con el sutil sarcasmo que constituye la se a de identidad de Margaret Atwood. Una escritora universal que, con el paso del tiempo, no deja de asombrarnos con la lucidez de sus ideas y la potencia de su prosa. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - RECOMMENDED ON THE 'READ WITH JENNA' PODCAST- The book that inspired the adapted series on Hulu. Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, available now. An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic.

Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. The Handmaid's Tale and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming Gileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series.

The stunning graphic novel adaptation - A must-read and collector's item for fans of "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid's Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Ren e Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.

Boken har varit månadens pocket hos Adlibris i februari 2019 - här hittar du bokcirkelfrågor till boken >> Stan och Charmaine är ett ungt par som drabbats av arbetslöshet och personlig konkurs mitt under den nationella ekonomiska krisen. De tvingas nu leva i sin begagnade Honda, som står uppställd på en parkering och med jämna mellanrum vandaliseras av kringvandrande rånargäng. När de båda får ett erbjudande om att delta i ett projekt i grindsamhället Consilience ser det ut som alla deras problem är lösta. Om de skriver under ett livstidskontrakt kommer de att få både arbete och bostad - det vill säga åtminstone sex månader om året. Varannan månad i Consilience måste nämligen den ena halvan av invånarna byta plats med den andra halvan och ta plats som fångar i fängelset Positron. Vad som i förstone verkar vara en lätt uppoffring för att få tak över huvudet och mat på bordet visar sig snart vara en mardröm. Både Stan och Charmaine blir besatta av sina motparter och Consilience-projektet framstår plötsligt inte som något annat än en djävulsk fälla som någon gillrat." Det är ändå i högform hon skriver. Roligt, bitskt, och porlande i en jämn och njutbar flod." Expressen"Margaret Atwood, författaren till boken bakom succéserien The Handmaid's Tale, bjuder än en gång på vass samhällskritik." Metro"Atwood är skicklig på att få de passande pusselbitarna i en berättelse att bli någonting helt annat." Ålandstidningen"Atwood, författaren bakom tv-serien The Handmaid's Tale, visar än en gång att hon är en mästare på dystopier." Damernas Värld

A genetic engineer caught in the middle of a chemical accident all of a sudden finds himself with superhuman abilities. With these new powers he takes on the identity of Angel Catbird and gets caught in the middle of a war between animal/human hybrids. What follows is a humorous, action-driven, educational, and pulp-inspired superhero adventure - with a lot of cat puns. Now with previously unpublished art from Atwood herself.