El conte de la criada

Dystopia, Novel by Margaret Atwood

Blurb

El conte de la criada és una novel·la de ciència-ficció amb elements distòpics i feministes, de l'autora canadenca Margaret Atwood, publicada originalment el 1985.
La novel·la explora com se'n surten en el futur les dones subjugades en un règim totalitari i pseudo-teocràtic que governa la República de Gilead, el que havien estat els Estats Units d'Amèrica. Les lleis que marquen tipus de vestit diferents tenen un paper fonamental en la imposició del control social dins de la nova societat. La majoria de la població ha esdevingut estèril, i les criades són dones esclavitzades destinades a engendrar els nous ciutadans. La història es narra des del punt de vista de Offred, una dona fèrtil, que ha estat esclavitzada com a criada, després d'intentar fugir al Canadà.

First Published

1985

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Barbara.seeberg

Beklemmend, frustrierend, beängstigend. Aktuelle Entwicklungen sorgen dafür, dass diese Dystopie realer wird als einem lieb ist.

0 Responses posted in June

Ashitha

You will, in equal parts, enjoy the book, squirm uncomfortably, and be horrified when you read it!

0 Responses posted in September

Kristen.kreashko

I didn't like it. Yes, I can see the point it was trying to make. And yes, the concept did truly scare me. It was so surreal at times because I could definitely picture these things happening in society. As a woman, this book unnerved me. However, this book was so oddly written. It used a weird prose, half poetic, half lazy and blunt. The story felt disjointed and all over the place. Also, why does the author hate quotation marks so badly? What did they ever do to her? I struggled to get through this. I wanted to give up several times but I was just waiting for it to get better. It never did really. The conclusion was very unsatisfying. This book was upsetting. Also, I'm not really sure why this is considered a feminist book when it doesn't really seem like the women ever came out on top. Whatever we do, don't let Trump read this book. I don't want him getting any ideas.

0 Responses posted in August