{"title":"Margaret Atwood","description":"Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published Dearly, her first collection of poetry for a decade.","products":[{"product_id":"the-testaments-paperback","title":"The Testaments - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A modern masterpiece that \"reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e)--and can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Atwood's powers are on full display\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times)\u003c\/i\u003e in this deeply compelling Booker Prize-winning novel, now updated with additional content that explores the historical sources, ideas, and material that inspired Atwood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than fifteen years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo 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: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003e Margaret Atwood 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101534163167,"sku":"9780525562627","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/K3dEY3A5NmJDOFB0cWIzcVA4MHdMdz09.webp?v=1781071675"},{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-paperback","title":"The Handmaid's Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from \"the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101559197919,"sku":"9780063347625","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QUhpciarVV9780063347625.webp?v=1781071723"},{"product_id":"the-testaments-the-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale-paperback","title":"The Testaments: The Sequel to the Handmaid's Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST SELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than fifteen years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. 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You've been missing out.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eRebecca Makkai, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; \"Impatient Griselda\" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and \"My Evil Mother\" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection \u003ci\u003eStone Mattress, \u003c\/i\u003e Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101646229727,"sku":"9780593468418","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vQNDH9eK7P9780593468418.webp?v=1781071889"},{"product_id":"the-testaments-tv-tie-in-paperback","title":"The Testaments (TV Tie-In) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - A gripping return to Gilead\u003ci\u003e, The Testaments \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the regime's inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComing soon as a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Testaments \u003c\/i\u003ecan be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than fifteen years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. 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