Paperback
Titles in this set: the handmaid's tale the testaments the penelopiad details condition: brand new format: paperback isbn: see individual editions bundle barcode not verified publisher: vintage canongate age range: adult overview this three-book paperback collection brings together margaret atwood's most celebrated works of speculative and mythic fiction: the handmaid's tale, its booker prize-winning sequel the testaments, and the sharp feminist retelling the penelopiad. Together they showcase atwood's mastery of voice, power and resistance, making this set a superb introduction or a welcome addition for existing fans, book clubs, students of literary fiction, and anyone drawn to bold, socially urgent storytelling from one of the world's most acclaimed living authors. About the books the handmaid's tale introduces offred, a handmaid in gilead, a totalitarian regime that strips women of autonomy and reduces fertile women to vessels for reproduction. Offred's account of survival, memory and quiet defiance is a defining work of dystopian fiction, still urgently relevant today. The testaments picks up over fifteen years later, as cracks show in gilead's iron rule. Told through three converging women's testimonies, this sequel expands atwood's world with fresh perspectives on power and rebellion, and won the booker prize for its ambitious storytelling. The penelopiad turns to ancient myth, giving voice to penelope, wife of odysseus, as she recounts her own version o...
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