A look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
Offred, a Handmaid, describes life in what was once the United States, now the Republic of Gilead, a shockingly repressive and intolerant monotheocracy, in a satirical tour de force set in the near future, in a classic work that is soon to be a 10-part Hulu series. An Arthur C. Clarke Award winner and Booker Prize nominee. TV tie-in. (dystopian).
