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Mentre il resto del mondo sta cercando di rimettersi in piedi e di ricostituire la civiltà perduta, gli Stati Uniti navigano controcorrente. Un gruppo di uomini, chiamati Comandanti, ha infatti trasformato il Paese in un regime totalitario monoteocratico, in cui alle donne è proibito praticamente tutto.<br>La Repubblica di Galaad è il massimo rappresentante di questo regime. Le radiazioni hanno portato danni anche agli esseri umani: la maggior parte di uomini e donne è diventata sterile dopo l’esposizione, ed è per questo che le leggi di Galaad prevedono che ogni comandante ospiti nella propria casa un’ancella, ovvero le uniche donne fertili che possono fecondare per garantirsi una discendenza. Ed è proprio l’ancella del comandante Fred Waterford, chiamata Difred, a raccontare quelli che sono gli orrori che si nascondono dietro la facciata perfetta di questa repubblica. Difred sopporta non solo la sottomissione al comandante ma anche le angherie di sua moglie, Serena Joy. Ed è proprio da queste sofferenze che troverà la forza e il coraggio di ribellarsi ai Waterford e al regime totalitario di Galaad.<br><br>Il racconto dell’ancella è stato un pugno dritto nello stomaco lanciato con una forza devastante! <br><br>Nonostante sia un romanzo di pura invenzione, i temi che tratta non potrebbero essere più reali. Tutto quello che si evince tra le righe, attraverso la testimonianza di Difred, è qualcosa che il mondo ha già vissuto, per alcuni aspetti, nel passato, e che in qualche luogo, purtroppo, vive ancora.<br><br>Quello che colpisce subito, in modo vivido, impattante, è la posizione sociale in cui sono relegate le donne a Galaad. Nonostante sia una società che prega senza sosta, professi il proprio credo e benedica tutto e tutti in ogni frase pronunciata, Galaad nasconde qualcosa di oscuro, un sadicismo macabro, che emerge con tutta la sua potenza soprattutto in due personaggi principali: Serena Joy, la moglie del comandante Fred, e zia Lydia, colei che dovrebbe essere la “guida” delle ancelle e che invece sembra più un generale sadico delle SS.<br><br>Le ancelle vengono vessate, maltrattate, sottomesse. Vestono solo con una lunga tunica rossa, una cuffietta bianca che nasconde i capelli, e un cappello bianco che utilizzano quando escono per non farsi guardare in viso. Vanno a fare la spesa in coppia con altre ancelle, ma possono parlare solo a bassissima voce e senza girare la testa, controllate a vista da un guardiano che le segue. Vengono letteralmente stuprate dai loro Comandanti mentre le mogli le tengono ferme dai polsi, perché “è così che dice la Bibbia”. E qualora dovessero avere comportamenti gravemente irrispettosi, verrebbero condannate a morte per lapidazione.<br>Ma non pensate che le mogli dei Comandanti se la passino meglio: a Galaad l’unica lettura ammessa è la Bibbia, e alle donne non è permesso leggere nemmeno quella, pena l’amputazione di un dito. Le mogli hanno un solo compito: crescere i bambini che nascono dalle ancelle. Sono banditi jeans, tshirt e altri capi di abbigliamento comune: le donne vestono rigorosamente con lunghi abiti blu. E guai a contraddire il proprio marito: le punizioni sono molto dolorose.<br><br>Infine, ci sono le “Marte”, donne che non sono in grado di procreare ma che vivono a casa dei Comandanti per provvedere alla casa e alla cucina.<br>I Comandanti, al contrario, possono avere scappatelle con le prostitute dei night, coperti dai loro “Occhi”, guardiani di ogni famiglia.<br>Chi non rispetta le regole di Galaad ha un unico destino: finire sul muro!<br><br>Le donne di cui parla questo romanzo sono solo dei mezzi per raggiungere uno scopo, senza alcun diritto di parola né di azione. Dimenticate le lotte per l’uguaglianza dei diritti, per l’emancipazione, per il voto. A Galaad viene spazzato via tutto.<br><br>Questo romanzo è un grido sordo contro la violenza sulle donne. Il modo in cui vengono descritte alcune scene vi farà scendere un brivido lungo la schiena, scatenerà in voi un profondo odio, un senso di impotenza e tanto disgusto.<br><br>Proverete un odio profondo verso Serena Joy e zia Lydia, disgusto verso il Comandante Fred Waterford, e tanta, tanta pena per June, conosciuta qui solo come Difred. La scrittura della Atwood è asciutta, essenziale ma dettagliata, arriva dritta al cuore come una pugnalata, fretta e diretta.<br><br>Dal libro è stata tratta una serie TV, “The handmaid’s tale”, che è riuscita a dare un volto al sadicismo di Galaad.<br>Un capolavoro del genere distopico! <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275775782" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275775782"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275775782" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275775782" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275775782"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/DottoressaBiotech" target="_top">DottoressaBiotech</a> | Nov 24, 2024 | <a href="/review/275775782"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275559768" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/1667444" data-workid="1667444" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Second time reading this and it strikes me even more as a plausible course of future history, given some of the more fervent strains of religiosity being followed and adhered to. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275559768" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275559768"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275559768" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275559768" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275559768"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Craig_Evans" target="_top">Craig_Evans</a> | Nov 20, 2024 | <a href="/review/275559768"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275362026" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/1667444" data-workid="1667444" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I'll preface by saying dystopia is a genre I typically don't enjoy reading.<br><br>This left me feeling completely indifferent. I understand that Offred's a relatively unreliable narrator, and that's she's also definitely not the typical "protagonist" one tends to see in a novel. The writing style wasn't difficult to follow, but I never once connected with the story. Given the book's recent prominence due to the new Hulu series and some sentiment that US society is going in this direction (it's really not), I expected more, particularly in regards to how society devolved in such a manner. Oh, well. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275362026" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275362026"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275362026" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275362026" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275362026"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/EllAreBee" target="_top">EllAreBee</a> | Nov 16, 2024 | <a href="/review/275362026"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275269790" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/1667444" data-workid="1667444" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>For sheer audacity and effectiveness this is a major achievement. It never fails to shock readers (including my college students in the Deep South) into new understanding of gender oppression. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275269790" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275269790"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275269790" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275269790" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275269790"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/jmgiles" target="_top">jmgiles</a> | Nov 15, 2024 | <a href="/review/275269790"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275229612" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/1667444" data-workid="1667444" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div><i>"Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse for some."</i><br><br>There are books that are more powerful than words - more than just the indents and spaces of the page or the combined pages. This is THAT book. It's a powerful message and warning. It's more relevant every year - as the same fears and mongering gets bigger and uglier. This book reminds of us of the slippery slope of giving up rights in order for "safety" or different "freedom." <br><br>The world, the set up, we want to believe it would never happen. I want to label this as Fantasy or dystopian sci-fi....but is it so hard to see the set up and the completion of such a plan? The victory with fear, the power shift in the name of "God," the awful quoting from the bible and the gang mentality. <br><br>I liked Offred even for her fear and for her courage at times, her reckless behavior at others. She was very real and I think it's easy to see yourself in her. Moira was another addition that kept your eyes open to what else was out there and other reactions to the change in life. Ofglen was another. <br><br>I almost wish this was a series, I wouldn't mind another book or 2 or 3 - to learn about how the others survived or about the beginning or end. But, in a way, I love the ending, too. 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class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="7905731" href="/work/7905731">Surfacing / Life Before Man / The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="8469983" href="/work/8469983">Wilderness Tips / Lady Oracle / Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories / The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="20170606" href="/work/20170606">The Margaret Atwood 4-Book Bundle: The Handmaid's Tale; The Blind Assassin; Alias Grace; The Robber Bride</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="13842981" href="/work/13842981">Alias Grace | Oryx and Crake | Bodily Harm | The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="5753021" href="/work/5753021">Margaret Atwood Book Set - 7 volumes</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="26564574" href="/work/26564574">The Handmaid's Tale | The Testaments</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="showmore_showlink">(<a href="javascript:showMore('u_6dce9bb5')">show 2 more</a>)</div><div class="showmore_hide"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="8614410" href="/work/8614410">Margaret Atwood Collection - The Handmaid's Tale, The Penelopiad, Life Before Man, Cats Eye, Murder In The Dark</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="31168253" href="/work/31168253">Margaret Atwood Collection 3 Books Set (the Handmaid's Tale, the Testaments, the Penelopiad)</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div></div></div><h2>Has the adaptation</h2><div id="u_1e67cb64" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="23108553" href="/work/23108553">The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel)</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="20208226" href="/work/20208226">The Handmaid's Tale: The Complete First Season</a> by <a data-authorid="millerbruce-4" href="/author/millerbruce-4">Bruce Miller</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="2034157" href="/work/2034157">The Handmaid's Tale [1990 film]</a> by <a data-authorid="schlndorffvolker" href="/author/schlndorffvolker">Volker Schlöndorff</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="22564753" href="/work/22564753">The Handmaid's Tale: The Complete Second Season</a> by <a data-authorid="millerbruce-4" href="/author/millerbruce-4">Bruce Miller</a></span></div><div class="showmore_showlink">(<a href="javascript:showMore('u_1e67cb64')">show 4 more</a>)</div><div class="showmore_hide"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="23936964" href="/work/23936964">The Handmaid's Tale: The Complete Third Season</a> by <a data-authorid="millerbruce-4" href="/author/millerbruce-4">Bruce Miller</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="28066690" href="/work/28066690">The Handmaid’s Tale: The Complete Fourth Season</a> by <a data-authorid="millerbruce-4" href="/author/millerbruce-4">Bruce Miller</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="10768877" href="/work/10768877">The Handmaid's Tale (BBC Radio Collection) [dramatization]</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="31018104" href="/work/31018104">The Handmaid's Tale Dramatized</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div></div></div><h2>Is abridged in</h2><div id="u_0b184801" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="333180" href="/work/333180">Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood</a> by <a data-authorid="reynoldsmargaret-1" href="/author/reynoldsmargaret-1">Margaret Reynolds</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="11390164" href="/work/11390164">The Handmaid's Tale (abridged audio - Julie Christie)</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div></div><h2>Is expanded in</h2><div id="u_4f521b25" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="26164000" href="/work/26164000">The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div></div><h2>Inspired</h2><div id="u_db623e92" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="11309596" href="/work/11309596">When She Woke</a> by <a data-authorid="jordanhillary" href="/author/jordanhillary">Hillary Jordan</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a reference guide/companion</h2><div id="u_f7ea17f8" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="7898884" href="/work/7898884">Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Guide)</a> by <a data-authorid="bloomharold" href="/author/bloomharold">Harold Bloom</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a study</h2><div id="u_d72c3563" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="1615935" href="/work/1615935">Margaret Atwood : the Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="grevenhelen" href="/author/grevenhelen">Helen Greven</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="13149565" href="/work/13149565">Women's Issues in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="nelsondavide" href="/author/nelsondavide">David E Nelson</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a commentary on the text</h2><div id="u_511e788e" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="11390027" href="/work/11390027">Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)</a> by <a data-authorid="bloomharold" href="/author/bloomharold">Harold Bloom</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a student's study guide</h2><div id="u_3165163d" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="473575" href="/work/473575">The Handmaid's Tale [York Notes Advanced]</a> by <a data-authorid="mcewanneil" href="/author/mcewanneil">Neil McEwan</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="678598" href="/work/678598">CliffsNotes on Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="snodgrassmaryellen" href="/author/snodgrassmaryellen">Mary Ellen Snodgrass</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="2099959" href="/work/2099959">The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (SparkNotes)</a> by <a data-authorid="douthatross" href="/author/douthatross">Ross Douthat</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="4571876" href="/work/4571876">Letts Explore "The Handmaid's Tale" (Letts Literature Guides)</a> by <a data-authorid="langdonsandra" href="/author/langdonsandra">Sandra Langdon</a></span></div><div class="showmore_showlink">(<a href="javascript:showMore('u_3165163d')">show 4 more</a>)</div><div class="showmore_hide"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="21279508" href="/work/21279508">A Study Guide for Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"</a> by <a data-authorid="galecengagelearning" href="/author/galecengagelearning">Gale Cengage Learning</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="8520220" href="/work/8520220">The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: A Post-16 Study Guide</a> by <a data-authorid="dymokesue" href="/author/dymokesue">Sue Dymoke</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="25664484" href="/work/25664484">Margaret Atwood's "The handmaid's tale"</a> by <a data-authorid="brandonpaul" href="/author/brandonpaul">Paul Brandon</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="18067785" href="/work/18067785">Interpretationshilfe Englisch / The Handmaid's Tale</a> by <a data-authorid="atwoodmargaret" href="/author/atwoodmargaret">Margaret Atwood</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_59" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'newaward', 'u_48cd65bd', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Awards and Honors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_48cd65bd" style="display:block;"><div id="newawardforwork_container"><h2>Awards</h2><div id="u_ac90c841" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/283/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize" class="" >Los Angeles Times Book Prize</a> (<a href="/award/283.1/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/283.0.5/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/283.0.0.1986/Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/604/Arthur-C-Clarke-Award" class="" >Arthur C. Clarke Award</a> (<a href="/award/604.1/Arthur-C-Clarke-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/604.0.0.1987/Arthur-C-Clarke-Award-1987">1987</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/41/Audie-Award" class="" >Audie Award</a> (<a href="/award/41.1/Audie-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/41.0.5/Audie-Award-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/41.0.0.2013/Audie-Award-2013">2013</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/253/Booker-Prize" class="" >Booker Prize</a> (<a href="/award/253.4/Booker-Prize-Shortlist">Shortlist</a> – <a href="/award/253.0.0.1986/Booker-Prize-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/993/British-Book-Awards" class="" >British Book Awards</a> (<a href="/award/993.4/British-Book-Awards-Shortlist">Shortlist</a> – <a href="/award/993.0.2211/British-Book-Awards-Audiobook">Audiobook</a> – <a href="/award/993.0.0.2020/British-Book-Awards-2020">2020</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1568/Canada-Reads" class="" >Canada Reads</a> (<a href="/award/1568.2/Canada-Reads-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/1568.0.0.2002/Canada-Reads-2002">2002</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/949/Combat-des-livres" class="" >Combat des livres</a> (<a href="/award/949.0.6985/Combat-des-livres-selection">selection</a> – <a href="/award/949.0.0.2004/Combat-des-livres-2004">2004</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/450/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize" class="" >Commonwealth Writers' Prize</a> (<a href="/award/450.1/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/450.0.4243/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-Runner-Up-Caribbean-and-Canada">Runner Up, Caribbean and Canada</a> – <a href="/award/450.0.0.1987/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize-1987">1987</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/975/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award" class="" >Governor General's Literary Award</a> (<a href="/award/975.1/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/975.0.22290/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-Fiction-English">Fiction (English)</a> – <a href="/award/975.0.0.1985/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-1985">1985</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/247/Nebula-Award" class="" >Nebula Award</a> (<a href="/award/247.2/Nebula-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/247.0.2156/Nebula-Award-Novel">Novel</a> – <a href="/award/247.0.0.1986/Nebula-Award-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2898/Otherwise-Award" class="" >Otherwise Award</a> (<a href="/award/2898.4/Otherwise-Award-Shortlist">Shortlist</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1769/Prix-Aurora-Award" class="" >Prix Aurora Award</a> (<a href="/award/1769.5/Prix-Aurora-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/1769.0.7382/Prix-Aurora-Award-Long-Form-Work-in-English">Long-Form Work in English</a> – <a href="/award/1769.0.0.1986/Prix-Aurora-Award-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1769/Prix-Aurora-Award" class="" >Prix Aurora Award</a> (<a href="/award/1769.5/Prix-Aurora-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/1769.0.0.1986/Prix-Aurora-Award-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1769/Prix-Aurora-Award" class="" >Prix Aurora Award</a> (<a href="/award/1769.5/Prix-Aurora-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/1769.0.3023/Prix-Aurora-Award-Graphic-Novel">Graphic Novel</a> – <a href="/award/1769.0.0.2020/Prix-Aurora-Award-2020">2020</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/264/Prometheus-Award" class="" >Prometheus Award</a> (<a href="/award/264.4/Prometheus-Award-Shortlist">Shortlist</a> – <a href="/award/264.0.2156/Prometheus-Award-Novel">Novel</a> – <a href="/award/264.0.0.1987/Prometheus-Award-1987">1987</a>)</div></div></div><h2>Distinctions</h2><div id="u_9812219a" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/95/The-New-York-Times-Best-Books-of-the-Year" class="" >The New York Times Best Books of the Year</a> (<a href="/award/95.0.0.1986/The-New-York-Times-Best-Books-of-the-Year-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1/New-York-Times-bestseller" class="" >New York Times bestseller</a> (<a href="/award/1.0.5/New-York-Times-bestseller-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/1.0.0.1986/New-York-Times-bestseller-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/150/World-Book-Night-selection" class="" >World Book Night selection</a> (<a href="/award/150.0.0.2019/World-Book-Night-selection-2019">2019</a>)</div></div></div><h2>Notable Lists</h2><div id="u_ca5c68de" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/105/100-Books-to-Read-in-a-Lifetime" class="" >100 Books to Read in a Lifetime</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/104/100-Essential-New-England-Books" class="" >100 Essential New England Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/40/The-100-Favorite-Novels-of-Librarians" class="" >The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/754/100-novels-that-make-you-proud-to-be-a-Canadian" class="" >100 novels that make you proud to be a Canadian</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15/1001-boeken-die-je-gelezen-moet-hebben%21" class="" >1001 boeken die je gelezen moet hebben!</a> (<a href="/award/15.0.0.365574/1001-boeken-die-je-gelezen-moet-hebben%21-editie-2017">editie 2017</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2/1001-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Die" class="" >1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die</a> (<a href="/award/2.0.0.366073/1001-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Die-2006%25252F2008%25252F2010%25252F2012-Edition">2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/284/30-Years-of-30-Books" class="" >30 Years of 30 Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/508/50-States-of-Literature" class="" >50 States of Literature</a> (<a href="/award/508.0.4730/50-States-of-Literature-Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15438/500-Must-Read-Books" class="" >500 Must Read Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/8/501-Must-Read-Books-Emma-Beare-2006" class="" >501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)</a> (<a href="/award/8.0.246/501-Must-Read-Books-Emma-Beare-2006-Science-Fiction">Science Fiction</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/346/ABA-Journal-25-Greatest-Law-Novels-Ever" class="" >ABA Journal 25 Greatest Law Novels Ever</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/192/AbeBooks-50-Essential-Science-Fiction-Books" class="" >AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/111/ALA-100-Most-Frequently-Challenged-Books-of-1990-1999" class="" >ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/117/ALA-100-Most-Frequently-Challenged-Books-of-1990-2000" class="" >ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/248/ALA-100-Most-Frequently-Challenged-Books-of-2000-2009" class="" >ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000-2009</a></div></div><div id="u_8119bd74" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 49" ><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/42/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound" class="" >ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound</a> (<a href="/award/42.0.5/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/42.0.0.1999/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound-1999">1999</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/6/BBCs-Big-Read" class="" >BBC's Big Read</a> (<a href="/award/6.0.121/BBCs-Big-Read-Best-loved-novel-No-131">Best loved novel, No 131</a> – <a href="/award/6.0.0.2003/BBCs-Big-Read-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/5/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults" class="" >Best Fiction for Young Adults</a> (<a href="/award/5.106/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults-Selection">Selection</a> – <a href="/award/5.0.0.1986/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15106/Between-the-Covers" class="" >Between the Covers</a> (<a href="/award/15106.294/Between-the-Covers-Series-4">Series 4</a> – <a href="/award/15106.0.0.2022/Between-the-Covers-2022">2022</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/834/The-Big-Jubilee-Read" class="" >The Big Jubilee Read</a> (<a href="/award/834.0.22233/The-Big-Jubilee-Read-1982-1991">1982-1991</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15622/Blackwells-1879-2019-140-Years-140-Books" class="" >Blackwell's 1879-2019: 140 Years 140 Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/78/Canon-de-la-narrativa-universal-del-siglo-XX" class="" >Canon de la narrativa universal del siglo XX</a> (<a href="/award/78.0.0.1985/Canon-de-la-narrativa-universal-del-siglo-XX-1985">1985</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/22/From-Zero-to-Well-Read-in-100-Books" class="" >From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/21/The-Great-American-Read" class="" >The Great American Read</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/20/Greatest-Books-algorithm" class="" >Greatest Books algorithm</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/3/The-Guardian-1000-Novels-Everyone-Must-Read" class="" >The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read</a> (<a href="/award/3.0.2693/The-Guardian-1000-Novels-Everyone-Must-Read-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy">Science Fiction and Fantasy</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/4/Harenberg-Buch-der-1000-B%C3%BCcher" class="" >Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/51/Harvard-Book-Store-Top-100" class="" >Harvard Book Store Top 100</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/14050/ISFDB-Top-100-Novels-Balanced-List" class="" >ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Balanced List</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/221/ISFDB-Top-100-Novels-Critical-List" class="" >ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Critical List</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15431/Journal-book-lovers-pick-their-own-top-100" class="" >Journal book lovers pick their own top 100</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/69/Koen-Book-Distributors-Top-100-Books-of-the-Past-Century" class="" >Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1306/The-Literary-Review-of-Canadas-100-most-important-Canadian-books" class="" >The Literary Review of Canada's 100 most important Canadian books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/28/The-Modern-Librarys-100-Best-Novels-The-Readers-List" class="" >The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/39/The-New-Lifetime-Reading-Plan-With-Going-Further" class="" >The New Lifetime Reading Plan With Going Further</a> (<a href="/award/39.0.20122/The-New-Lifetime-Reading-Plan-With-Going-Further-Going-Further">Going Further</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/29/New-York-Public-Librarys-Books-of-the-Century" class="" >New York Public Library's Books of the Century</a> (<a href="/award/29.0.1528/New-York-Public-Librarys-Books-of-the-Century-Utopias-Dystopias">Utopias & Dystopias</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/43/Notable-Books-List" class="" >Notable Books List</a> (<a href="/award/43.0.0.1986/Notable-Books-List-1986">1986</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/476/NPR-100-Best-Horror-Novels-and-Stories" class="" >NPR 100 Best Horror Novels and Stories</a> (<a href="/award/476.0.4478/NPR-100-Best-Horror-Novels-and-Stories-Hell-is-Other-People-Real-World-Horrors">Hell is Other People: Real World Horrors</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/107/NPRs-Top-100-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-Books" class="" >NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/225/Orange-Prize-for-Fictions-%2250-Essential-Reads-by-Contemporary-Authors%22" class="" >Orange Prize for Fiction's "50 Essential Reads by Contemporary Authors"</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/14058/Read-for-a-Lifetime" class="" >Read for a Lifetime</a> (<a href="/award/14058.0.0.2018/Read-for-a-Lifetime-2018">2018</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/165/Schecks-B%C3%BCcher" class="" >Schecks Bücher</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/31/The-Telegraphs-100-novels-everyone-should-read" class="" >The Telegraph's 100 novels everyone should read</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/166/T%C3%A4htivaeltaja-1900-luvun-tieteiskirjallisuuden-TOP-50" class="" >Tähtivaeltaja: 1900-luvun tieteiskirjallisuuden TOP-50</a> (<a href="/award/166.0.0.2000/T%C3%A4htivaeltaja-1900-luvun-tieteiskirjallisuuden-TOP-50-2000">2000</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/361/UC-Berkeley-Summer-Reading-List" class="" >UC Berkeley Summer Reading List</a> (<a href="/award/361.0.0.2018/UC-Berkeley-Summer-Reading-List-2018">2018</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/536/Uncovered-Classics" class="" >Uncovered Classics</a> (<a href="/award/536.0.2417/Uncovered-Classics-1980s">1980s</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/19/Waterstones-Books-of-the-Century" class="" >Waterstones Books of the Century</a> (<a href="/award/19.0.0.1997/Waterstones-Books-of-the-Century-1997">1997</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/118/Waterstones-Top-25-Books-of-the-Last-25-Years" class="" >Waterstones' Top 25 Books of the Last 25 Years</a> (<a href="/award/118.0.0.2007/Waterstones-Top-25-Books-of-the-Last-25-Years-2007">2007</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15473/Your-Top-25" class="" >Your Top 25</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_60" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><a value="view history" value="view history" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-tiny btn-default" 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class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_5926bc75' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='21' name='u_5926bc75' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'canonicaltitle' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Authoritative title for a work in the language of the site you are on' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicaltitle'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Handmaid%27s+Tale&f=21&exact=1&type=1">The Handmaid's Tale</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originaltitle"></a>Original title</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_0185a6e2' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='41' name='u_0185a6e2' 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or Original titles as well as foreign-language titles available on the "Details" tab.' ><div class='fwikiItem divalternativetitles'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originalpublicationdate"></a>Original publication date</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_249611b2' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='16' name='u_249611b2' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originalpublicationdate' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '1952-12-30, 1933-10, 1902, or 120 BCE' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1985&f=16&exact=1&type=1">1985</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_characternames"></a>People/Characters</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_636b0561' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='3' name='u_636b0561' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'characternames' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Enter each character's name in a separate box. Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Offred">Offred</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/The+Commander">The Commander</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Fred">Fred</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Serena+Joy">Serena Joy</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Nick">Nick</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Moira">Moira</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_41db6a19">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_41db6a19')">show all 15 items</a>)</div><div id="u_41db6a19" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Luke">Luke</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Ofglen">Ofglen</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Janine/Ofwarren">Janine/Ofwarren</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Offred%27s+mother">Offred's mother</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Aunt+Lydia">Aunt Lydia</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Cora">Cora</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Rita">Rita</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Dolores">Dolores</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Alma">Alma</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Aunt+Elizabeth">Aunt Elizabeth</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_a541e44d' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='2' name='u_a541e44d' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Republic+of+Gilead">Republic of Gilead</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/The+Wall">The Wall</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Rachel+%2526+Leah+Centre">Rachel & Leah Centre</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Red+Centre">Red Centre</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/The+Colonies">The Colonies</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_3657ed23">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_3657ed23')">show all 9 items</a>)</div><div id="u_3657ed23" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Bangor%2C+Maine%2C+USA">Bangor, Maine, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Boston%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Boston, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Massachusetts%2C+USA">Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Maine%2C+USA">Maine, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_5378a2c3' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='34' name='u_5378a2c3' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_593bf880' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='37' name='u_593bf880' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="The Handmaid’s Tale (1990 | tt0099731)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Handmaid%E2%80%99s+Tale&f=37&exact=1&type=1">The Handmaid’s Tale</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1990">1990</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099731/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="The Handmaid’s Tale (2017 | tt5834204)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Handmaid%E2%80%99s+Tale&f=37&exact=1&type=1">The Handmaid’s Tale</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2017">2017</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <!-- <tr>--> <!-- <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_awards"></a>--><!--</td>--> <!-- <td>--><!--</td>--> <!-- </tr>--> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_67f5f0f4' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='28' name='u_67f5f0f4' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><i>And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.<br><br>And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?<br><br>And she said, Behold my maid Bihah, go in unto her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.<br> — Genesis 30:1–3</i></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><i>But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, I fortunately fell upon this proposal . . . <br> — Jonathan Swift, </i>A Modest Proposal</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><i>In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones.<br> — Sufi proverb</i></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_7d380b0b' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='30' name='u_7d380b0b' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >For Mary Webster and Perry Miller</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_2a29effc' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='25' name='u_2a29effc' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_a090996f' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='27' name='u_a090996f' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what they say to us is imbued with the obscurity of the matrix out of which they come; and, try as we may, we cannot always decipher them precisely in the clearer light of our own day.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I’m nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >The shell of the egg is smooth but also grained; small pebbles of calcium are defined by the sunlight, like craters on the moon. It’s a barren landscape, yet perfect; it’s the sort of desert the saints went into, so their minds would not be distracted by profusions. I think that this is what God must look like: an egg. The life of the moon may not be on the surface, but inside.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Maybe none of this is about control ... Maybe it’s about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia, freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_870f02ec">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_870f02ec')">show all 10 items</a>)</div><div id="u_870f02ec" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife. When there’s meat they cut it up for me ahead of time, as if I’m lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That’s why I’m not allowed a knife.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >To go through all that [childbirth] and give birth to a shredder: it wasn’t a fine thought. We didn’t know exactly what would happen to the babies that didn’t get passed, that were declared Unbabies. But we knew they were put somewhere, quickly, away.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Since the paper famine there have been no newspapers ... At the corner is the store know as Soul Scrolls .... Behind the shatter-proof window are print-out machines ... they are known as Holy Rollers. They print prayers, roll upon roll, prayers going out endlessly. ... There are five different prayers ...You pick the one you want, punch in the number, then punch in your own number so your account will be debited, and punch in the number of times you want the prayer repeated. The machines talk as they print out the prayers ... Once the prayers have been printed out and said, the paper rolls back through another slot and is recycled into fresh paper again.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Whenever there is butter or even margarine, I save some ... There’s no longer any hand lotion or face cream ... [Our] outside can become hard and wrinkled, like the shell of a nut .... The butter is a trick ... we all do it .... butter our skin to keep it soft.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >I try not to think too much. Like other things now, thought must be rationed.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_7ac394b4' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='26' name='u_7ac394b4' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_ad860ac9" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_ad860ac9')" id="link_u_ad860ac9">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_d00d5eae" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >Are there any questions?<br>[Historical Notes]</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_d00d5eae')" id="link_u_d00d5eae">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_42d05295' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='13' name='u_42d05295' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >The Reading Guide Edition is the substantial equivalent the main Handmaid's Tale work, with a few additional pages of questions for groups to consider at the back. Please therefore leave these works combined together. Thank you</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_27499979' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='1' name='u_27499979' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_22865c09' itemType='1' itemNum='1667444' fieldType='29' name='u_22865c09' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.' ><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=O%27Brien%2C+Conor+Cruise&f=29&exact=1&type=1">O'Brien, Conor Cruise</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Carter%2C+Angela&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Carter, Angela</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Gould%2C+Lois&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Gould, Lois</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <!-- fwikiItem --><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Doctorow%2C+E.+L.&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Doctorow, E. 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