One of Belle de Jour's favourite books.
September 2010 Guest Editor Belle de Jour on Margaret Atwood...
Atwood’s books hugely influenced my reading style (though probably not my writing style!). I love the way she weaves research so seamlessly into her stories. In the hands of a lesser writer, some of her books might be mere dystopian sci-fi, but she makes the characters as real as documentary. The Handmaid’s Tale, in particular, influenced a lot how I think about politics, religion, and feminism.
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...
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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness.
The Handmaid's Tale features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Audiobooks of the Month, Speculative fiction, Recommendations, Literary Fiction, Literary Fiction
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The Handmaid's Tale was written by Margaret Atwood and published by Vintage
The Handmaid's Tale has 324 pages
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