num_pages: 2
description: Near the end of the 20th century, birth control and the effects of nuclear fallout have caused fewer births, so the Biblical story of Rachel is invoked to handle the declining birth rate. 2 cassettes.
language: English
title: The Handmaid's Tale
titlecomplete: The Handmaid's Tale
characters: Offred, Ofglen, Nick (The Handmaid's Tale), Aunt Lydia, Moira, The Commander, Serena Joy, Janine (The Handmaid's Tale)
genres: Classics, Feminism, Fantasy, Adult, Dystopia, Novels, Audiobook, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1951025
places: The United States of America, Bangor, Maine, Republic of Gilead
series: The Handmaid’s Tale 
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Prometheus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Retrospective, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CBC Canada Reads, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
publisher: DH Audio Listening for Pleasure