Science fiction
Classics
1986
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Published in Spanish as El cuento de la criada
Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’.
What it is
A society that controls everything · a threat that keeps growing
What happens in it
Dystopia
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Structure
- Jumps in time
- Who tells it
- First person
- Its world
- Our world, slightly bent
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like a book that leaves you uneasy
- you want a book that doesn't look away
- you like reading with your heart in your mouth
Maybe not if…
- you prefer a story told in order
- you're after something comforting
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