The Handmaid’s Tale (Movie Tie-In)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from ＂the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction＂ (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood.

In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.

Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

作者簡介

瑪格麗特‧愛特伍（Margaret Atwood）

　　一九三九年出生於渥太華，加拿大最傑出的小說家、詩人，同時也寫短篇故事、評論、劇本以及創作兒童文學。她已發表四十多部作品，翻譯超過三十五種語言，其中小說《盲眼刺客》獲頒二○○○年布克獎，《雙面葛蕾斯》獲頒加拿大季勒文學獎，並獲義大利最負盛名的蒙德羅文學獎（Premio Mondello）。二○○五年，她獲頒愛丁堡圖書節啟蒙獎（Edinburgh Book Festival Enlightenment），得獎理由是對世界文學與思想的傑出貢獻。二○○八年，獲頒西班牙艾斯杜里亞斯親王文學獎（Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature）。她也是活躍的社會運動人士，長期關注環境和生態保育、創作言論自由受政治迫害等社會議題，也曾和全球五百位作家連署，抵制國家對網路使用的過當管制。