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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating iro...

We are often told that words cannot really change the world, and by themselves they cannot. But in partnership with human initiative and inventiveness and will, they stand more than a candle's chance in the harsh winds that are blowing over the earth.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood, read by Elisabeth Moss, with Bradley Whitford, Amy Landecker and Ann Dowd. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

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Celebrated as a major novelist throughout the English-speaking world, Atwood has also written eleven volumes of poetry. Houghton Mifflin is proud to have published SELECTED POEMS, 1965-1975, a volume of selections from Atwood's poetry of that decade.

Margaret Atwood reinventa La tempestad de William Shakespeare en La semilla de la bruja, una novela que aboga por el poder de las palabras y que invita a no olvidar y a creer en la magia de la vida cotidiana.«Cuando eres joven, crees que todo es posible. Te mueves en el presente, jugando con el tiempo como si fuera un juguete a tu disposición. Piensas que puedes deshacerte de cosas y personas, y aun no sabes bien que tienen la mala costumbre d...

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Atwood schildert in der Maddaddam-Trilogie eine von Krankheiten und Naturkatastrophen heimgesuchte Endzeitwelt. Im Fokus steht die Gentechnologie und ihre zerstörerischen Auswirkungen auf die menschliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung. Doch trotz aller Dramatik macht sich Atwoods Humor und Sinn für Skurrilität bemerkbar.

Atwood schildert in der Maddaddam-Trilogie eine von Krankheiten und Naturkatastrophen heimgesuchte Endzeitwelt. Im Fokus steht die Gentechnologie und ihre zerstörerischen Auswirkungen auf die menschliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung. Doch trotz aller Dramatik macht sich Atwoods Humor und Sinn für Skurrilität bemerkbar.

Atwood schildert in der Maddaddam-Trilogie eine von Krankheiten und Naturkatastrophen heimgesuchte Endzeitwelt. Im Fokus steht die Gentechnologie und ihre zerstörerischen Auswirkungen auf die menschliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung. Doch trotz aller Dramatik macht sich Atwoods Humor und Sinn für Skurrilität bemerkbar.

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. In addition to the classic The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize and Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize f...

ATWOOD IS HOTTER THAN EVER: The hugely acclaimed Handmaid's Tale television series swept the 2017 Emmy Awards, advancing a discourse on women's rights and body politics that is becoming rather disturbingly timely given the current political climate in the U.S. and indeed North America. Sarah Polley's adaptation of Alias Grace, a six-part mini-series, will be launching in late September on CBC, and there is sure to be continued buzz surrounding...

Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to speak and to act to preserve our freedom while we still can. And in that, there is hope.Selected from The Handmaid's Tale and Hag-Seed by Mar...

A groundbreaking meditation on sexual politics, love, and human tenacity from the world-renowned pioneer of feminist writing and prophetic author of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.

Wer wohnt schon gern in seinem Auto? Stan und Charmaine, durch die Wirtschaftskrise in Not geraten, sind verzweifelt. Das Positron Project, ein »soziales Experiment«, verspricht ein Leben in Sicherheit. Hastig unterschreiben sie, obwohl die Bedingungen eigenwillig sind - alle Bewohner der Stadt Consilience wechseln monatlich zwischen dem Status eines Gefangenen und dem eines Freien. Zunächst läuft alles bestens - auch wenn Charmaine und Stan j...

Nu bewerkt door Netflix als zesdelige serie met onder anderen Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft en Zachary LeviZestien jaar zijn voorbijgegaan sinds de mooie Grace Marks op haar zestiende achter de tralies verdween vanwege de koelbloedige moord op haar werkgever en diens huishoudster en minnares. Haar mededader kreeg destijds de doodstraf en werd opgehangen. De doodstraf tegen Grace werd door de rechtbank op het laatste moment omgezet in levenslang...

Nel 1843 il Canada è sconvolto da un atroce fatto di cronaca nera: l'omicidio del ricco possidente Thomas Kinnear e della sua amante, la governante Nancy Montgomery. Imputata insieme a un altro servo, la sedicenne Grace Marks viene spedita in carcere e, sospettata di insanità mentale, in manicomio. A lungo oggetto dei giudizi contrastanti dell'opinione pubblica - propensa a vedere in lei ora una santa, ora una carnefice -la pr...

A novelization of the case of Grace Marks, who's been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent, others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of refo...

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