The Handmaid's Tale
Novel by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1985
Author: Margaret Atwood
Genres: Novel, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, and more
Followed by: The Testaments
Book locations: New England
Cover artist: Tad Aronowicz, design; Gail Geltner, collage (first edition, hardback)
Dewey Decimal: 819.1354