The Handmaid's Tale
In a theocracy that has replaced the United States, a woman forced to bear children for the ruling class remembers her old life.
- Type
- Book
- Released
- 1985
- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- Critics' average
- 79/100 across 1 published score
Genres
Dystopian · Social science fiction · Literary fiction · Science fiction
What it feels like
Gender & sexuality · Surveillance & authoritarianism · Memory · Power, empire & religion · Bleak · Unsettling / disturbing
Connected stories
- Offers a contrasting take on the themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four