Dearly

I slutscenen av Tjänarinnans berättelse stiger Offred in i skåpbilen efter att ha anklagats av Anföraren och hans hustru. Vart hon förs vet ingen. I sin alldeles nyskrivna fortsättning på Tjänarinnans berättelse, Gileads döttrar, kommer Margaret Atwood förmodligen att avslöja vad som hände med Offred. Så här säger hon i ett pressmeddelande: “Kära bokläsare. Allt […]

The wait is over Margaret Atwood’s sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. ‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is […]

Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to […]