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But when a band of rebels rises, the worlds fate lies in the hands of one powerful girlwarrior named joan. If youre looking for more stunning speculative fiction from atwood, this is the next book to read. The series was ordered by the streaming service hulu as a straighttoseries order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. Margaret atwoods 1985 novel the handmaids tale conjures a theocratic dystopiaa version. In march 1990, five years after its release, the handmaids tale was released as a movie, with a script by harold pinter, and stars including natasha richardson, faye dunaway, and robert duvall. The handmaid s tale is an american web television series created by bruce miller. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Margaret atwood on what the handmaids tale means in the. The best dystopian books books like handmaids tale.
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