The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (FIRST PRINTING) BLM_TAG ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal

ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness

under attack in New York for his valiant defense of art

The author begins by considering the nature of possession

the woman he loved-- the world as he knew it

In their themes and motifs these sketches and stories foreshadow the intense personal vision and style that would characterize Faulkner's mature fiction

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (FIRST PRINTING) BLM_TAG ribald and devastatingly honest portrayalFIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING [1988] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. Beautiful copy. Dust jacket has some very mild shelf wear and a hint of tanning to edges. Book itself is like new, with the name of prev. owner written in corner of pre title page. 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