La servante écarlate

Paperback, 522 pages

French language

Published July 6, 2017 by Pavillons Poche/Robert Laffont.

ISBN:
978-2-221-20332-3
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OCLC Number:
1142018288

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The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state, known as Republic of Gilead, that has overthrown the United States government. The central character and narrator is a woman named Offred, one of the group known as "handmaids", who are forcibly assigned to produce children for the "commanders" – the ruling class of men. The novel explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society and the various means by which they resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence. The novel's title echoes the component parts of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which is a series of connected stories (such as "The Merchant's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale").The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also …

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Most people would be familiar with Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale; a Christian totalitarian theocracy has overthrown the US government and are controlling reproduction. Set in the not so distant future, this dystopian society serves as a platform for Margaret Atwood to explore some real issues. Written in 1985, it is surprising to think that these themes and issues are still relevant thirty years later.

When I read this novel about four years ago, I think I missed the point, saying “I felt like Margaret Atwood spent too much time trying to explain the dystopian world in which The Handmaid’s Tale is set rather than the story itself.” I obviously was reading this book for its plot rather than trying to understand what Atwood wanted to say. To be fair I recognised this, citing “I understand she was trying to create a world that was a metaphor of a …

reviewed Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Review of "Handmaid's Tale" on 'Goodreads'

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Atwood's exploration of language, her use of symbolism and structuring of this book makes it a classic worth study, from a technical perspective. The issues she tackles might seem to be appropriate for 1985 — when the book was published — but the topics are truly enduring. Totalitarianism not only dominates politics and religion, but also gender. As Atwood shows, subjects lose of control of even their bodies.

This is my first Atwood and I want more.

The audiobook is narrated by Claire Danes, who does an EXCELLENT job. I look forward to listening to more of her work.

reviewed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Review of "The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Atwood truly has an interesting way of deriving ideas and presenting them with potentially intriguing characters. Bundle that with her erudite prose and it's not surprising she's had a successful career.
In this novel, Just as you reconcile yourself with the idea that the nature of the narrative might be to disguise it's true intentions - just like all the major protagonists do - it breaks down into the simplistic reacquaintance with referred characters. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that the (welcome) ending was spoiled by the superfluous historical note.

reviewed Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Review of "Handmaid's Tale" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I just don't have words to describe what a phenomenal book this is. Margaret Atwood is one of (if not THE) best living authors today. This book sucked me in from the beginning and pulled me along, voyeuristicly through Offred's story, to a conclusion that had me wanting more.

A scary look at a possibly future (especially in America) that everyone should read.

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