Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The TestamentsNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING ELISABETH MOSSOffred
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.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting
vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of
dystopian fiction.‘A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist’ Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER‘This novel seems ever more vital in the present day’ ObserverREAD THE TESTAMENTS, THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING SEQUEL TO THE HANDMAID’S TALE, TODAY