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In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Serialisation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.
Just gave-up to this new TV version about this book. Perhaps I am not in the right mood for it.
Even so, I still do prefer the printed version and the movie with Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Aidan Quinn. ...more
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Serialisation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.
Just gave-up to this new TV version about this book. Perhaps I am not in the right mood for it.
Even so, I still do prefer the printed version and the movie with Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Aidan Quinn. ...more
I read this because I recently started to watch Hulu's series and was blown away. It was delightful to read the book and get more details, if you can use the word "delightful" to describe anything about this harrowing, haunting story. Atwood's writing is poignant, simple and beautiful. This book is hard to read because of its realistic portrayal of oppression, especially extreme patriarchal oppression. Highly recommended.
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This is my favorite Margaret Atwood book. Yes, it's a story about the dangers of fundamentalism but it's also a story about women being used as reproductive machines. I thought of this book today when I read the NY Times story on legalized commercial surrogacy in India. The rent-a-womb-of-a-poor-woman story really disturbed me.
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Not only a downer, but seriously cheesy.
Mar 20, 2008
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