Book
The handmaid's tale
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771008740 (2006 McClelland and Stewart hc.)
- ISBN: 0771008139 (1985 McClelland and Stewart hc.) :
- ISBN: 0771008740 (2006 McClelland and Stewart hc.)
- ISBN: 9780771008559 (2002 Emblem Editions trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0771008554 (2002 Emblem Editions trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780395404256 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0395404258 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781439501436 (1998 Anchor, hc.)
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Physical Description:
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324 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, c1985.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1987. Winner of the Governor-General's Award for fiction, 1985. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dystopias -- Fiction Sexism -- Fiction Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction Theocracy -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Feminist fiction. Dystopias. Satire. |
Available copies
- 13 of 15 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Beaver Valley Public Library | F ATW (Text) | 0008052 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF (Text) | 35198000127960 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | 35146001014174 | Fiction | Not holdable | Lost | 2011-10-22 |
| Chetwynd Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | 35222001082220 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | FC ATW (Text) | 35170000124990 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Greenwood Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | 35141000083262 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Invermere Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | IPL054940 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kaslo and District Public Library | AF ATW (Text) | 35134000202727 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salmo Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | SPL05454 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Smithers Public Library | F ATW (Text) | 35101000004346 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"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.... "--Publisher.
