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I cannot recommend this book enough. I am still thinking about it. Upon reading the notes in the back of the paperback, I discovered that the author had really just used situations that had occurred , or were occurring now, in the world. It's so easy to get sucked into fluffy "tv reality" that it's a shock to wake up and see what's going on around you . Even though this book was written over 20 years ago , I can definitely see correlations to what's happening today.
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A chilling vision of future female subjugation. Offred is made an offer. Should she accept? More surprises from the Commander, as Offred reveals how the current state of affairs came about.
Read by Buffy Davis.
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Read by Buffy Davis.
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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 loved the first half, but lost it towards the end. Still beautiful writing, but I think I missed the importance of the story overall.
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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This book sort of blew my mind. It's a scary big brother futuristic tale told from the point of view of a woman. Totally unique.
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Formative. Though, in retrospect, this may not have been a good thing.
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