Displaying 1 of 1 1989 Format: Book Author: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author Title: The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood. Publisher, Date: Toronto : McClelland-Bantam, 1989. London : Vintage, 1986 Toronto : Seal Books, 1986 Toronto : Seal Books, [1998] ©1985 Description: 1 volume (various paging) ; 18 cm Summary: Set in the Republic of Gilead, the former United States, during the late twentieth century. The declining birth rates caused by the effects of nuclear fallout and the AIDS epidemic result in a new social structure where all young women who can bear healthy children, are allocated to powerful regime men. This is the story of one of these young women. Subjects: Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction. Theocracy -- Fiction. Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction Misogyny -- Fiction Fertility -- Fiction Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Fiction Surrogate mothers -- Fiction Enslaved persons -- Fiction Dystopias -- Fiction Genre: Science fiction Dystopian fiction Political fiction Notes: Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1987. Winner of the Governor-General's Award for fiction, 1985. Shortlisted for the 2002 Canada Reads competition. ISBN: 9780770422639 (paperback) 9780770421151 (paperback) 9781784870966 (paperback) 9780770428204 (paperback) System Availability: 19 Current Holds: 1 # Local items: 0 Control Number: 1620326 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 14 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1