The Handmaid's Tale

Resumen del libro

In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now....

Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Margaret Atwood x{0026}lt;/B (Ottawa, 1939) es una de las escritoras más prestigiosas del panorama internacional. Autora prolífica traducida a más de cuarenta idiomas, ha practicado todos los géneros literarios. Entre su amplia producción destacan las novelas x{0026}lt;I Por último, el corazónx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Alias Gracex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El cuento de la criadax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Los testamentosx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Oryx y Crakex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El año del Diluviox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Maddaddamx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Ojo de gatox{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I El asesino ciegox{0026}lt;/I , la colección de relatos x{0026}lt;I Nueve cuentos malvadosx{0026}lt;/I y los ensayos x{0026}lt;I Penélope y las doce criadasx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Cuestiones candentesx{0026}lt;/I , todos ellos publicados por Salamandra. Ha recibido, entre otros, el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, el Governor General's Award, la Orden de las Artes y las Letras, el Premio Booker (en dos ocasiones), el Premio Montale, el Premio Nelly Sachs, el Premio Giller, el Premio Literario del National Arts Club, el Premio Internacional Franz Kafka y el Premio de la Paz del Gremio de Libreros Alemanes.x{0026}lt;/P