The Handmaid’s Tale • Margaret Atwood
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324 pages • McClelland and Stewart • 1985
Atwood’s great dystopian novel about a futuristic fundamentalist society is spellbinding and bewildering.
PermalinkThe Handmaid’s Tale is a virtuoso performance, and Atwood’s great definitive statement on the dangers inherent in the postmodern era.