This Week's Recommended Read: "A Handmaid's Tale"
Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' is one of many fascinating books that falls under the dystopian umbrella.
You may like this book if you enjoy dystopian literature, you are a feminist or at least interested in feminist issues, you have a working knowledge of the Bible, in order to better understand the multitude of references, you like imagining your own ending to the story, you enjoy quick reads, you like literature that follows political rebels, you are familiar with Harvard’s campus and the area around it, you appreciate the delicate beauty of a hard-boiled egg
You may not like this book if it is too difficult to imagine such a dark future, you are not much for science fiction, you do not wish to read a book steeped in biblical references, you just have to know how the story ends—no cliff hangers, thank you!
Heads up! The Ann Arbor Classics Book Group will be hosting a Dystopian Book Fest Literary Genre Highlight Event on January 27 at 7:30 PM, where “The Handmaid’s Tale” along with many other books will be discussed as part of the literary trend. You can come having read one of the featured books or all of them. Please visit this link for more information or to join up!
Be sure to look for This Week's Recommended Read by Melissa LR Handa every Saturday online and Sunday in the AnnArbor.com print edition!
Melissa LR Handa is the founder and organizer for the Ann Arbor Classics Book Group and the lead books contributor for AnnArbor.com. If you would like more information or to join the group, please feel free to send an email her way.