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The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel): A Novel
The stunning graphic novel adaptation • A must-read and collector’s item for fans of “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times).
Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive.
Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid’s Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renée Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.
Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive.
Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid’s Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renée Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.
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Community Reviews
I've never read the original Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and haven't been very sure that I would want to. I picked this up at my local bookstore thinking I could use it to gauge whether or not I would want to dig a little deeper into the original. I am very sensitive and emotional concerning the state of our country right now, hence why I was hesitant to read the non-graphic version, so seeing someone else's visual interpretation, instead of the movie I would have played in my head, helped me separate it a bit and keep me from attaching it to things that are going on today in the read world (as I would have had I read only words).
As I've already stated, I can't compare this version and the original, but from this one alone, I really enjoyed the storyline. (As much as you *can* enjoy a storyline like this. Talk about taking every woman's biggest fears and putting them out there for the world to see!) I had a little bit of a hard time keeping track of who was who when all you could see were faces...though, you could that Nault worked to make their faces as different as possible. So because of this, I don't feel like I really connected with any of the characters.
I recommend this book to those who have *and* have not read Atwood's original. It has piqued my interest in reading the full text, and having a different visual could be very interesting for those who have read the book.
As I've already stated, I can't compare this version and the original, but from this one alone, I really enjoyed the storyline. (As much as you *can* enjoy a storyline like this. Talk about taking every woman's biggest fears and putting them out there for the world to see!) I had a little bit of a hard time keeping track of who was who when all you could see were faces...though, you could that Nault worked to make their faces as different as possible. So because of this, I don't feel like I really connected with any of the characters.
I recommend this book to those who have *and* have not read Atwood's original. It has piqued my interest in reading the full text, and having a different visual could be very interesting for those who have read the book.
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