MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; and her most recent, Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
From the bestselling author of Alias Grace and the MaddAddam trilogy, here is the #1 New York Times bestseller and seminal work of speculative fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author.
Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by Margaret Atwood.
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable.
Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now….
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force.
已经很久没有哪本书让我在阅读的时候,几乎从头到底都感觉内心各种情绪翻滚翻腾的了。 事实上,这并不让我意外。 早在2015年我第一次拿起这本出版于1985年的反乌托邦小说, 读了近30% 就让我不得不放下手中的书,暂停, 然后几乎两年都不曾再拾起。 原因很简单,Atwood让我从明...
评分 评分 评分在英国脱欧的夏天读完了这本书。未来就是那未知的黑暗,一切皆有可能。
评分In the desert there is no sign that says, thou shalt not eat stones.
评分Moira, the singular of Moirai (Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny, including Atropos, Lakhesis and Clotho. So sad to see her finally yield to the tides, for she's the only one that jumps out of this messy blur. How I wish the last I knew of her would be the woman walking out of the Red Centre, head held high. That would just be perfect.
评分A political thriller? i find it a bit bizarre and similar to 1984?
评分是我想象中的女性叙事一种高度
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