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The Handmaid's Tale
Atwood said she only used things that had already happened somewhere. That is what makes it so hard to put down and so impossible to dismiss.
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Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum
Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel is narrated by Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has replaced the United States and enslaved fertile women as reproductive vessels for the ruling class. Offred remembers the life she had before and navigates her captivity with dark wit, sharp observation, and a flicker of resistance. Atwood invented nothing: every element of Gilead's oppression has a historical precedent somewhere in the world. The novel won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. The Hulu series adaptation premiered in 2017.


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Reading The Handmaid's Tale
3 Cold
3 Claustrophobic
5 Horrifying
4 Ambiguous
4 Dark
4 Chilling

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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.


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Atwood wrote the novel in West Berlin in 1984 while the Berlin Wall still stood. She kept a file of news clippings for every element she invented. Everything had happened somewhere in the world.
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The red robe and white bonnet worn by Handmaids became a global protest symbol after the 2017 TV adaptation. Women wearing the costume have appeared at courthouses and legislative buildings across the United States and beyond.


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