The Handmaid’s Tale
- Author Margaret Atwood
- Narrator Amy Landecker, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Elisabeth Moss
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 30 April 2019
- Run Time 11 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Religious and theocratic ideologies.
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What to expect
Shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year at the British Book Awards 2020.
Winner of Best Audiobook (Fiction) at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.
Read by Elisabeth Moss, star of the hit Channel 4 TV series.
** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **
Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. 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.
'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo
‘As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it’ Guardian
©2011 O W Toad Ltd (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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| Author | Margaret Atwood |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Amy Landecker, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Elisabeth Moss |
| Duration | 11 hours and 23 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473560925 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | Classic fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Religious and theocratic ideologies |
| Collections | As Seen On Screen, Banned Books, Celebrity Narrators, She Speaks |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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