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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Amazingly written, with underlying themes and symbols to ponder upon for years.
The theme of the body is omnipresent and well developed : body as currency, control (or lack thereof) on one's body, body as power. The theme of what it is to be a woman, and a woman in a patriarchy (which we still are by the way) proved very important to me. Feminism (maybe I should write feminine valorisation) is often violent or agressive, but here it is contemplative, passive, and it touched me way more.
I enjoyed reading notions regarding storytelling (I tell therefore you are) and the impossibility to validate manuscripts and history. Made me think of 1984 in that history is wiped out when the leaders decide it must change.
Overall a great allegory, fast-paced while static, and terribly insightful and relevant.
The theme of the body is omnipresent and well developed : body as currency, control (or lack thereof) on one's body, body as power. The theme of what it is to be a woman, and a woman in a patriarchy (which we still are by the way) proved very important to me. Feminism (maybe I should write feminine valorisation) is often violent or agressive, but here it is contemplative, passive, and it touched me way more.
I enjoyed reading notions regarding storytelling (I tell therefore you are) and the impossibility to validate manuscripts and history. Made me think of 1984 in that history is wiped out when the leaders decide it must change.
Overall a great allegory, fast-paced while static, and terribly insightful and relevant.
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September 10, 2017
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September 10, 2017
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October 2, 2017
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October 17, 2017
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