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Titles in This Set:
The Handmaid's Tale
The Testaments
The Penelopiad
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: See individual editions (bundle barcode not verified)
Publisher: Vintage / Canongate
Age Range: Adult
Overview
This three-book paperback collection brings together Margaret Atwood's most celebrated works of speculative and mythic fiction: The Handmaid's Tale, its Booker Prize-winning sequel The Testaments, and the sharp feminist retelling The Penelopiad. Together they showcase Atwood's mastery of voice, power and resistance, making this set a superb introduction or a welcome addition for existing fans, book clubs, students of literary fiction, and anyone drawn to bold, socially urgent storytelling from one of the world's most acclaimed living authors.
About the Books
The Handmaid's Tale introduces Offred, a Handmaid in Gilead, a totalitarian regime that strips women of autonomy and reduces fertile women to vessels for reproduction. Offred's account of survival, memory and quiet defiance is a defining work of dystopian fiction, still urgently relevant today.
The Testaments picks up over fifteen years later, as cracks show in Gilead's iron rule. Told through three converging women's testimonies, this sequel expands Atwood's world with fresh perspectives on power and rebellion, and won the Booker Prize for its ambitious storytelling.
The Penelopiad turns to ancient myth, giving voice to Penelope, wife of Odysseus, as she recounts her own version of events. Atwood reworks Homeric legend with wit and moral clarity, exposing the silenced women of classical epic.
About the Author
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and criticism, including Cat's Eye, Alias Grace and the MaddAddam trilogy. The Handmaid's Tale became a global phenomenon and an award-winning television series, while its sequel The Testaments won the Booker Prize. Atwood's honours include the Booker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Franz Kafka Prize and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. She was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2019.
Why You'll Love This Collection
Three unmissable Atwood novels in one set - dystopia, sequel and myth retold - offering hours of gripping, thought-provoking reading and real value for fans and newcomers alike.
Please Note: Cover art may vary slightly from images shown, and this is the current UK paperback edition.
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