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![]() ![]() ![]() The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions. ![]() It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. ![]() The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. ![]()
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