In the Republic of Gilead, Offred is a Handmaid -- a woman reduced to her reproductive function -- and everything she tells us may or may not be the truth.
About This Book
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning series starring Elizabeth Moss.In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want something unflinching: morally complex, heavy, and honest about the worst of things. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. The pacing is balanced, time to breathe between moments that matter. Not the right choice if you're after something comforting or redemptive.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something dark and uncompromising, and a read that's balanced and absorbing.
What It Explores
The Handmaid's Tale explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, power structures and how they shape individual lives, power and ambition and what they cost the people who pursue them, and survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people.
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