Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beg...
Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volu...
Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood's dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood's work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.
Margaret Atwood currently lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May 1981 to May 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986. She and Graeme Gibson are the Joint Honourary Presidents of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International. Ms. Atwood is also a current Vice-President of PEN International.
"You yourself would never have done such things. But you yourself will never have had to." —— symposium的部分是最真的阿特伍德，余下的有点像高潮之处的《盲刺客》，但仍然是值得读完的pageturner.
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. 历史不会重演，但历史是押韵的. [Chapter Two: Precious Flower] · 扉页 · Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake... It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the cho...
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在2018年，有人问及阿特伍德会如何看待自己被标签为“女权主义者”这一现象，Atwood用一个反问句回答了这个问题：“你是指我是一名来自1972年的女权主义者，认为和男人上床就是背叛了自己的性别么？我不是那种女权主义者。” （“Do you mean that I’m a 1972 feminist who fe...
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Enlightening
老彭是個书脊党
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0 有用 小鹿想念书 2020-04-24 13:01:53
intimidating and intoxicating brilliance
42 有用 Enlightening 2019-10-29 12:20:45
前半段如朝圣一般读完，仿佛摸索着她们那段黑暗的回忆缓缓走过基列国的冰面，稍有不慎就会跌落，被囚禁，或被撕裂；最后八十页在一个晚上看完，虽早已过了应当入睡的时间，但身处于Agnes和Nicole逃亡的小船上，只觉波涛汹涌，困意全无。阿特伍德在续集中更精心布局了小说的结构，从平行的三线到后来互相触及、交织和重合，步点愈发急促，气氛渐入高潮；Aunt Lydia的部分最为细腻，其从坠入、摇摆到觉醒的心路... 前半段如朝圣一般读完，仿佛摸索着她们那段黑暗的回忆缓缓走过基列国的冰面，稍有不慎就会跌落，被囚禁，或被撕裂；最后八十页在一个晚上看完，虽早已过了应当入睡的时间，但身处于Agnes和Nicole逃亡的小船上，只觉波涛汹涌，困意全无。阿特伍德在续集中更精心布局了小说的结构，从平行的三线到后来互相触及、交织和重合，步点愈发急促，气氛渐入高潮；Aunt Lydia的部分最为细腻，其从坠入、摇摆到觉醒的心路历程震撼人心；小说最后依然以未来考古学的史料作结，历史回声犹在耳畔。末尾看到热泪盈眶，殉道者Becka、拯救者A.L.和登上诺亚方舟的Nicole和Agnes在冥冥中互相祈福，原来这是一部现代启示录：自由不是天赋，而是她们的选择。爱如死亡坚强，沉默中有超越一切的持守。 (展开)
2 有用 Voodoo 2021-07-15 03:08:45
前半部分详细描述基列国的建立以及基列国里女性生活很吸引人，但到了最后传递秘密信息的部分有些拉垮。但整体比我预期中的要好看，结尾充满了希望。高压的社会是会从内部崩塌的，因为再怎么试图控制人们的思想总还是会有觉醒的人的。
6 有用 CharlesChou 2019-10-08 05:06:53
"You yourself would never have done such things. But you yourself will never have had to." —— symposium的部分是最真的阿特伍德，余下的有点像高潮之处的《盲刺客》，但仍然是值得读完的pageturner.
4 有用 永思 2019-09-28 20:47:11
【藏书阁打卡】2019已读063 购于伦敦，在出差期间不间断地在读，终于读完了。情节很抓人，但不知道为什么没有《使女的故事》那么震撼，大概续书只是从上到下、由内而外地进一步揭示了基列政权的各方面细节（一定从ISIS那里获得了不少灵感），没有第一部那种开天辟地式的设定吧。我读了前几十页就猜出三个叙述者其中两个的真实身份了。。。而且作家太好心了，好心到不忍心让自己的人物多受苦2333不过还是很感谢阿特... 【藏书阁打卡】2019已读063 购于伦敦，在出差期间不间断地在读，终于读完了。情节很抓人，但不知道为什么没有《使女的故事》那么震撼，大概续书只是从上到下、由内而外地进一步揭示了基列政权的各方面细节（一定从ISIS那里获得了不少灵感），没有第一部那种开天辟地式的设定吧。我读了前几十页就猜出三个叙述者其中两个的真实身份了。。。而且作家太好心了，好心到不忍心让自己的人物多受苦2333不过还是很感谢阿特伍德奶奶写出了续书，让我得以继续十几年前做过的那个刻骨铭心的梦。 (展开)