# The Carhullan Army

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- Authors: [Sarah Hall](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-hall)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

‘The Lake District’s answer to The Handmaid’s Tale.'' GuardianEngland is in a state of environmental and economic crisis. Under the repressive regime of The Authority, citizens have been herded into urban centres, and all women of child-bearing age fitted with contraceptive devices. A woman known as ‘Sister’ leaves her oppressive marriage to join an isolated group of women in a remote northern farm at Carhullan, where she intends to become a rebel fighter. But can she follow their notion of freedom and what it means to fight for it?‘At the vanguard of the new wave of futuristic dystopian literature . . . an accomplished, provocative novel.’ Literary Review‘Hall’s fierce and shocking writing captures the cruel beauty of Cumbria.’ Telegraph‘A dystopian vision of a disturbingly near future in which the floods have risen and the oil has run out . . . entirely modern and brutally fresh.’ Independent

## Editions

### The Carhullan Army

- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7131-562-8
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Language: en_US