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1st Printing of the 2006 Everyman's 1st Edition thus, with introduction for this Edition by Valerie Martin. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound (appearing never read - no gutter creasing) and free of markings and blemishes. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (still showing original USD $24 price and encased in protective mylar) are clean and bright, with sharp corners, straight headbands and tails, crisply legible lettering (gilt stamped to Cover spine) and clearly distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0307264602. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos. Seller Inventory # 002840
One of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time in display-worthy hardcover: A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution--from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times)
The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming 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. Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant. With an introduction by Valerie Martin. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.About the Author: MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published Dearly, her first collection of poetry for a decade.
Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
Title: The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library #301)
Publisher: Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has a slight lean to the binding, a few tiny dings to the edges of the covers, and mild rubbing to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and mild rubbing with a touch of smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 212524
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