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The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret 1939- (Author). Austin, Mauralea. (Added Author).

Summary: Futuristic novel set in a society that has reverted to the repressive intolerance of the original puritans. Offred, the handmaid whose job is to function as surrogate mother to the sterile marriage of an elderly leader, longs to escape.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 computer optical disc (10 hr., 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
    sound disc
    Computer data.
    electronic resource
    electronic
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : CNIB, [2001]

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Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Mauralea Austin.
System Details Note:
Recording standard: DAISY 2.0 standard.
MP2 compression.
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software, or DAISY talking book player.
Subject: North America -- Fiction
Theocracy -- Fiction
Sexism -- Fiction
Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction
Infertility -- Fiction
Futurism -- Fiction
Offred (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Genre: Dystopian fiction.
Feminist fiction.
Satirical fiction.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sitka.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Broadway Library PS 8501 T9 H352 2001b (Text) 33109009021841 Alternate Format Volume hold Available -


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