Set in the religious patriarchy of Gilead, The Handmaid's Tale is a haunting narrative of what America could be. As the threat of Gilead looms ever closer, this seems less like a dystopian novel and more like a prescient warning. Read it before you live it.
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
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Ambientada en la patriarquía religiosa de Gilead, El cuento de la criada es una inquietante narrativa de lo que Estados Unidos podría llegar a ser. A medida que la amenaza de Gilead se siente cada vez más cercana, esta novela parece menos una distopía y más una advertencia visionaria. Léanla antes de vivirla.
Es un futuro cercano, y Offred es una Criada en la casa del Comandante y su esposa. Se le permite salir una vez al día al mercado de alimentos, no tiene permitido leer y espera que el Comandante la embarace, ya que solo es valorada si sus ovarios son viables. Offred recuerda los años anteriores, cuando era una mujer independiente, tenía un trabajo propio, un esposo y una hija. Pero todo eso ha desaparecido... todo ha cambiado.