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This book was included in “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
I own the 2006 edition of “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.” Peter Boxall is the general editor and the preface was written by Peter Ackroyd. This book has compiled 1001 recommended books, primarily novels which were selected by over 100 contributors (literary critics, professors of literature, etc.). For each recommended book there is information on the author and a short blurb about the book.
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This book was included in “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
I own the 2006 edition of “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.” Peter Boxall is the general editor and the preface was written by Peter Ackroyd. This book has compiled 1001 recommended books, primarily novels which were selected by over 100 contributors (literary critics, professors of literature, etc.). For each recommended book there is information on the author and a short blurb about the book.
I use "1001 Books Yo ...more
This book haunted me. The world that it depicts is one I greatly fear—a world where women are somehow forced to give up the gains they have made and live lives solely in support of men. I nearly gave up reading it, until I read on Wikipedia that it explored the "themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain agency," and the latter half gave me hope.
The timing of the story within its world was an intriguing choice. The narrator refers to her contemporaries as "the first ...more
The timing of the story within its world was an intriguing choice. The narrator refers to her contemporaries as "the first ...more
One of my top five favorite books of all time. It'd been a while since I read it again, so I picked it up. The plot, of course, is always the highlight, but I was struck at the inbetween: the descriptions, Offred's love and longing for the weight of words. Atwood at her best.
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One of the best pieces of literature I have ever read. This novel easily ranks as one of my favorites. Atwood turns a critical eye towards many different groups from our modern society (Feminists, the Christian Right), in the creation of her grim dystopia. Highly recommended.
Oct 28, 2013
Monica St. Dennis
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This gets better every time I read it -- and, most recently, during the government shutdown, it got scarier.
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EDITED: Now it's the beginning of the Trump administration, and it seems a bit quaint. People used to think that we'd need violence to shift America into theocracy? I doubt it will take that much. ...more
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EDITED: Now it's the beginning of the Trump administration, and it seems a bit quaint. People used to think that we'd need violence to shift America into theocracy? I doubt it will take that much. ...more
