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edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Sep 2020
ISBN:9780771009457
publisher:
McClelland & Stewart
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
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 radically different 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 a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she 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.
"The literary event of the year." —The Guardian
"The international literary event of the season." —Globe and Mail
"It's terrifying and exhilarating." —Judges of the Booker Prize 2019
Contributor Notes
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include The Testaments, which was the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize; Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; The MaddAddam Trilogy; The Heart Goes Last; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She lives in Toronto.
Awards
- Long-listed, Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Winner, Booker Prize
Editorial Review
"The international literary event of the season."
—Globe and Mail
"A savage and beautiful novel that speaks to us today with unusual conviction and power."
—Peter Florence, Chairman, Booker Prize judging panel
"A chilling invitation no Atwood fan can resist . . . The Testaments reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil."
—People
"A fast, immersive narrative that's as propulsive as it is melodramatic."
—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"The women of Gilead are more fascinating than ever."
—NPR
"There may be no novelist better suited to tapping the current era's anxieties than Margaret Atwood."
—Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most anticipated sequels of the modern age . . . full of revealing backstories."
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"A rare treat . . . a corker of a plot, culminating in a breathless flight to freedom."
—Laura Miller, Slate.com
"The literary event of the year."
—The Guardian
"It's terrifying and exhilarating."
—Judges of the Booker Prize 2019
