And so powerfully feminist’ Bernadine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.
As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States.
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