The Handmaid's Tale
The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series
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** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER *
Catch up with Christmas with the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.
'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo
‘As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it’ Guardian
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One of the best dystopian stories of the XXth century.
I have read this book twice, which is not something I often do and that I only reserve to the happy few that deserve multiple readings and beat the newest book on the shelf.
For those of you who watched the show, this book is basically season 1. You’ll see how brilliantly the adaptation was made too. The few liberties the show runners took were good decisions and enriched the characters without disrespecting or altering Margaret Atwood’s work.
A must read.