| Description |
366 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Engish, in August 1985, as: The Handmaid's Tale. |
| Summary |
"Die provozierende Vision eines totalitären Staats: Nach einer atomaren Verseuchung ist ein großer Teil der weiblichen Bevölkerung unfruchtbar. Die Frauen werden entmündigt und in drei Gruppen eingeteilt: Ehefrauen von Führungskräften, Dienerinnen und Mägde. Letztere werden zur Fortpflanzung rekrutiert und sollen für unfruchtbare Ehefrauen Kinder empfangen. Auch die Magd Desfred wird Opfer dieses entwürdigenden Programms. Doch sie besitzt etwas, was ihr alle Machthaber, Wächter und Spione nicht nehmen können, nämlich ihre Hoffnung auf ein Entkommen, auf Liebe, auf Leben ..." -- Bookseller's summary. |
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"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 valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years 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 ..."-- goodreads.com |
| Language |
In Polish. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Corrupt practices -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Misogyny -- United States -- Fiction.
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Religion -- Corrupt practices -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Theocracy -- Fiction.
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Infertility -- Fiction.
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Rape -- Fiction.
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Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Fiction.
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Dystopias -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Dystopias. (OCoLC)fst00900372
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Infertility. (OCoLC)fst00972366
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Misogyny. (OCoLC)fst01023668
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Pregnancy -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01075147
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Rape. (OCoLC)fst01089970
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Theocracy. (OCoLC)fst01149503
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Massachusetts. (OCoLC)fst01204307
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Uhrynowska-Hanasz, Zofia, translator.
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| Added Title |
Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood. Polish
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| ISBN |
9788380324343 |
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838032434X |
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