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The Handmaid's Tale
Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. The Handmaid's Tale is an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times)
The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.
The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment’s calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.
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Reviews
I see that Atwood is a very prolific author and very accomplished, but I really didn’t enjoy the story. I hope you have better results. Happy Reading.
By danieluniss53
I loved the way Atwood tells this story, as a diary with no clear end. I was worried about overlong scenes of horrible abuse. But the book spends more time on how the protagonist gets through each day (we never learn her name), and juxtaposing the barbaric state with glimmers of hope and beauty.
By Scott's take on things
This story is all the more grotesque and frightening because it has so many facets and traces of actual history. While extreme and unthinkable (obviously not), so is much of mankind’s documented history. A Handmaid’s Tale is a thought provoking, cautionary tale built upon mankind’s history of inhumanity toward those it perceives as weaker (women in this case).
By myopinion4whatitsworth
Great book.
By Theizzwizz
We should learn some things from this book
By Jamesl1500