Handmaid's Tale The (Graphic Novel)

handmaid's tale has become a global phenomenon. Now in this stunning graphic novel edition of Margaret Atwood's modern classic The terrifying reality of Gilead is brought to vivid life like never before. everything handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood which defines us. off red is a handmaiden in the Republic of Gilead where women are prohibited from holding jobs reading and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the commander and his wife and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month she must lie on her back and pray that the commander makes her pregnant because in an age of declining births off red and the other handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But off red remembers the years before Gilead when she was an independent woman who had a job a family and a name of her own. Now her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. and its iconic images - The Red of the Handmaid's the Blue of the wives the looming ileadean eye - have been adapted into a film an opera a ballet and multi-award-winning TV series. This ground-breaking new graphic novel edition adapted and featuring arresting artwork By Renée fault is destined to become a classic in its own right.