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.
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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. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...
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
The Handmaid's Tale is available in Hardback, Paperback, , CD-Audio, Audiobook
The Handmaid's Tale was written by Margaret Atwood and published by Vintage
The Handmaid's Tale has 324 pages
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