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Jan 1, 2001 · The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a brilliant, endearing, scary as hell book. Told with simplistic prose and stark attention to detail, Atwood describes life in the not too distant future where the United States has been transformed through military coup into a totalitarian theocracy.
May 19, 2021 · The author recently spoke with Rolling Stone about the inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale and its companion text, The Testaments, written during Trump’s tenure, her fears for the future, and...
Sep 8, 2019 · Margaret Atwood on the real-life events that inspired The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments. During a trip to her archives in Canada, the author reveals which historical events shaped the world we now know as Gilead. 09 September 2019.
Apr 25, 2018 · Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale seared this image into our souls with its depiction of a near-future dystopia in which women are forced into reproductive slavery to...
Sep 5, 2019 · Margaret Atwood Expands the World of “The Handmaid’s Tale” In “The Testaments,” the novelist examines the kinds of complicity that are required for constructing such a frightening...
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016.
Buy Now. In the world of the near future, who will control women’s bodies? Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. Reviews: The Guardian. The Independent. Kirkus. The Washington Post.
