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The Handmaid's Tale

The Graphic Novel
By Margaret Atwood
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The Handmaid's Tale, adapted as a graphic novel, presents a dystopian world where the Republic of Gilead has taken over what was once the United States, imposing a theocratic regime. Women have lost their rights and roles, with the protagonist, Offred, navigating her life as a Handmaid—one of the few fertile women forced to bear children for the ruling class. The story explores themes of power, identity, and resistance in a society where freedom is severely restricted.
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You might enjoy this graphic novel if you're interested in dystopian societies and tales of resilience and resistance. Set in a totalitarian future, it explores themes such as gender roles, oppression, and the struggle for freedom. The striking illustrations add a poignant depth to the narrative, enhancing the immersive and thought-provoking experience.

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The Handmaid's Tale

Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.

The Handmaid's Tale and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming Gileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series.

This stunning graphic edition brings Margaret Atwood's terrifying modern classic to vivid life like never before

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This stunning graphic edition brings Margaret Atwood's terrifying modern classic to vivid life like never before.

Provocative, startling, prophetic, and more relevant than ever, The Handmaid's Tale has become a global phenomenon. Now, in this stunning graphic novel edition of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, the terrifying reality of Gilead is brought to vivid life like never before.

"Everything Handmaids wear is red—the colour of blood, which defines us." Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose—once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.

The Handmaid's Tale and its iconic images—the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming Gileadean Eye—have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and a multi-award-winning TV series. This groundbreaking new graphic novel edition, adapted and featuring arresting artwork by Renee Nault, is destined to become a classic in its own right.

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The Handmaid's Tale graphic novel, illustrated by Renée Nault, is highly visual and presents a striking adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic. The narrative maintains its haunting, Orwellian feel, with a chilling yet redemptive twist. Both long-time fans and newcomers to the story will find this ink and watercolour version to be an excellent addition.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780224101936

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Jonathan Cape

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Renée Nault

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 167.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 763g

Pages: 240

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Fiction Graphic Novels Margaret Atwood Penguin Books

About the Author

Margaret Atwood (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 shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions, a selection of essays; and Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories. Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and 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. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Renee Nault (Illustrator) Renee Nault is a Canadian artist known for her vivid and dreamlike illustrations in watercolour and ink. Her work has appeared in books, magazines, and graphic novels worldwide. She currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit www.reneenault.com.

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