The Handmaid's Tale

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Paperback, 324 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 1987 by Virago.

ISBN:
978-1-85381-174-6
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OCLC Number:
55563424

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4 stars (2 reviews)

The Republic of Gilead allows Offred only one function; to breed. If she deviates, she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radioation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire--neigher Offred's nor that of the two men on whom her future hangs... --back cover

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3 stars

I am usually a fan of Margaret Atwood's, especially her dystopian books, but this one left me totally cold. It was interesting but not compelling. Maybe it wasn't quite as disturbing because it seems far too likely, if you look at those religious nuts in the US? I didn't feel much empathy for 'Offred', which is probably my biggest beef. The book felt very dated, but then, it was written in the 80s and it felt like it.

The book left me so cold that I'll just leave this review at that.

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