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The Handmaid's Tale is an instant classic and an eerily prescient cultural phenomenon. From an author The New York Times labeled as, "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction," 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 the Republic of Gilead, a country that used to be the United States. The country is 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 a 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.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs |
