With a new introduction by the author. Illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso. The Folio Society, London 2012. 24 x 16,5 cm. 17, 318 S. Leinengebunden im Schuber.- ‘Science fiction has monsters and spaceships; speculative fiction could really happen.’ Margaret Atwood’s chilling cautionary tale is illustrated by the Balbusso sisters.- There’s a lot that doesn’t bear thinking about. Thinking can hurt your chances, and I intend to last.- Narrator Offred is a Handmaid serving the Republic of Gilead – formerly part of the United States. Her role is to bear children for her Commander, whose wife is unable to conceive. If Offred refuses, she will be hanged or sent to die of radiation sickness in the Colonies. Yet she can remember a different life, when she had a home, a husband, and – most agonisingly – her own child.- Perfekt erhalten.
