An unread 1st edition/1st impression of the acclaimed latest novel from award-winning and hugely infleuntial Canadian author, poet, critic and essayist Margaret Atwood, who won the Booker Prize in 2000 for 'The Blind Assassin ' and has long been considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
This book, the long-awaited sequel to one of her most famous books, 1985's 'The Handmaid's Tale ', was announced on 24 July as selected on the 2019 Booker Prize longlist and on 3 September, it was confirmed as one of the 6 novels selected on the Booker Prize shortlist for 2019, and at the gala award evening on 14 October, it was confirmed as the Winner of The Booker Prize for 2019 in a shock joint-winner announcement with Bernardine Evaristo.
'The Testaments ' published by Chatto & Windus, London on 10 September 2019, 1st edition, standard modern hardback, [x] + 419 pages.
In fine unread condition, bright green ribbon page marker. Each copy comes with an exclusive promotional bookmark.
** WINNER OF THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE **
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale,
the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on
power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this
crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge,
with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of
the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of
these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields
power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments,
she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced
to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she
believes.
‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about
Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well,
almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living
in.' Margaret Atwood
‘A savage and beautiful novel, and it speaks to us today, all around the
world, with particular conviction and power… The bar is set
particularly high for Atwood and she soars over it ’ Peter Florence,
Booker Prize Chair of Judges, Guardian
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