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The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner by Margaret Atwood

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The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner

A Novel

Margaret Atwood

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 1, 2020

Reading lane: Women in Literature

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • A gripping return to Gilead , The Testaments exposes the regime’s inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall.

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Who It's For

Good for readers interested in dystopian and speculative fictionGood for fans of feminist literature and strong female protagonists

Book Details

Authors
Margaret Atwood
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
September 1, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Women in Literature · Women Authors Criticism
Reading lane
Women in Literature

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Publisher Categories

  • Sci-Fi

  • Political Fiction

  • Dystopian

About This Book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • A gripping return to Gilead , The Testaments exposes the regime’s inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. Now a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. The Testaments can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale . More than fift...

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • A gripping return to Gilead , The Testaments exposes the regime’s inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. Now a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. The Testaments can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale . 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 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 that of Aunt Lydia, whose complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments , Margaret Atwood 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.

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