It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. Atwood has written that her research on 17th-century American Puritans, who created a rigid and inhumane theocracy based on a few choice selections from the. "Let's hope we don't reach the stage of wholesale book burnings, as in Fahrenheit 451," says Atwood, "But if we do, let's hope some books will prove unburnable - that they will travel underground, as prohibited books did in the Soviet Union. The Handmaids Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and published in 1985. A spokesperson says it "feels like a regular book" even though it's made of fireproof material.Īccording to the book's designers, the special edition is printed on heat-resistant aluminum material, bound with nickel wire and stainless steel used in aerospace manufacturing, and printed with ink that won't be destroyed or degraded even when exposed to a temperature of 2200☏. Sotheby's estimates The Unburnable Book will fetch $100,000 at auction. We are thankful to be able to deploy the proceeds of this auction to fortify this unprecedented fight for books." A sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, was published in 2019. Atwood envisions a totalitarian and theocratic state where women’s roles are constrained and violent oppression keeps the order in place. "In the face of a determined effort to censor and silence," says PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, "this unburnable book is an emblem of our collective resolve to protect books, stories and ideas from those who fear and revile them. The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood that was first published in 1985.
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