[Talk] The Handmaid's Tale

看板EngTalk (全英文聊天)作者 (谷中的緹亞)時間19年前 (2006/08/05 01:45), 編輯推噓4(403)
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I am now reading a book called "The Handmaid's Tale", written by Margaret Atwood. This is a kind of furturist fiction. The main scene is set in a postwar time. The real time frame is unknown (or that I've not read about yet). After the war, women became sterile. So the few available fertile women are used as mating stock, living in compounds ruled by a group of staff of Commanders. These women are called Handmaids, whose main function is to mate with the Commanders and bear their children. I just started this book, so what I know about this book is mostly from the introduction on the backcover. This book appeals to me because it reflects some realities that have taken plce in our world, and it riches in different thoughts from what we think about the world where we live. Hopefully I can finish this book soon, though it is not an easy read. By the way, this fiction was already adapted for a movie with the same name. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 71.138.130.30 ※ 編輯: TiaTia 來自: 71.138.130.30 (08/05 02:27) ※ 編輯: TiaTia 來自: 71.138.130.30 (08/05 02:33)

08/05 11:11, , 1F
sounds awful! (as mating stock?)
08/05 11:11, 1F

08/05 11:36, , 2F
these handmaids are used to breed offspring.
08/05 11:36, 2F

08/05 12:56, , 3F
huh, i take it in wrong way...
08/05 12:56, 3F

08/06 01:03, , 4F
of course, you may say that again......><"
08/06 01:03, 4F

08/08 11:21, , 5F
Where can I get this book?
08/08 11:21, 5F

08/08 12:38, , 6F
ask bookstores that carry English fictions?
08/08 12:38, 6F

08/08 12:39, , 7F
I got from the library. I am in the U.S.
08/08 12:39, 7F
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