Published in 1985, Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a bleak fictional account of modern-day life in a theocratic dystopia. In it, the nation of Gilead is the former United States of America.
By Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Books
Sat, 04/22/2017 - 9:00pm
Published in 1985, Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a bleak fictional account of modern-day life in a theocratic dystopia. In it, the nation of Gilead is the former United States of America.