Title: | The Handmaid’s Tale |
Author: | Margaret Atwood |
Genre: | Post-Apocalyptic Fiction/Thriller |
Synopsis: | Via a kind of diary we find the main character in a patriarchal oppressive religious society which is based around infertility and ritual. |
Verdict: | This book scared the bejesus out of me on a whole other level. The idea that women’s rights could slowly – or not so slowly – be phased out again, even in a developed country and then completely removed left me feeling panicky and convinced that a) I have never appreciated those rights before and b) I should be doing a lot more personally to cement and advance gender equality. |
Pages: | 324 |
Read: | December 2009 |
30 December 2009
#27. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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