The Handmaid's Tale

副标题: A Novel

ISBN: 9780385490818

出版社: Anchor

出版年: 1998-3-16

页数: 311

定价: USD 15.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?

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 to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now....

Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

作者简介

玛格丽特·阿特伍德（1939— ）是当代国际文坛上最负盛名的加拿大作家，以小说创作成就为最，同时也是出色的诗人和文学评论家。她的创作以女性主义和神话主题闻名。她已出版十四部长篇小说、十二部诗集以及多部短篇小说集和文学评论集。她的作品已被译成二十多种文字在约三十个国家出版。其中诗集《圆圈游戏》和小说《使女的故事》先后获加拿大总督文学奖，《盲刺客》获英国布克奖。

陈小慰，女，浙江宁波人，福州大学外国语学院院长、教授，兼任中国翻译协会理事、福建省翻译协会副会长等职。主要研究方向：翻译理论与实践、加拿大文学、商务英语。先后出版著译十余部，发表论文四十余篇。

目录