The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood Penguin, 2017, 320 p 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. |
Atwood Margaret.
The Handmaid's Tale.
Penguin, 2017, 320 p.
Titre : | The Handmaid's Tale |
Auteurs : | Margaret Atwood, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Penguin, 2017 |
ISBN/ISSN : | 978-0-09-974091-9 |
Format : | 320 p |
Langues: | Anglais |
Résumé : | 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. |
Nature du document : | fiction |
Genre : | roman |
Thème de fiction : | Science-fiction |
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