奥芙弗雷德是基列共和国的一名使女。她是这个国家中为数不多能够生育的女性之一,被分配到没有后代的指挥官家庭,帮助他们生育子嗣。和这个国家里的其他女性一样,她没有行动的自由,被剥夺了财产、工作和阅读的权利。除了某些特殊的日子,使女们每天只被允许结伴外出一次购物,她们的一举一 动都受到“眼目”的监视。更糟糕的是,在这个疯狂的世界里,人类不仅要面对生态恶化、经济危机等问题,还陷入了相互敌视、等级分化和肆意杀戮的混乱局面。女性并非这场浩劫中唯一被压迫的对象,每个人都是这个看似荒诞的世界里的受害者。
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now . . .
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
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