THE HANDMAID'S TALE

In a startling departure from her previous novels (Lady Oracle, Surfacing), respected Canadian poet and novelist Atwood presents her e a fable of the near future. In the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, far-right Schlafly/Falwell-type ideals have bee n carried to extremes in the monotheocratic government. The resulting society is a feminist's nightmare: women are strictly controll ed, unable to have jobs or money and assigned to various classes: the chaste, childless Wives/ the housekeeping Marthas/ and the rep roductiv...[Read more]