The Handmaid's Tale ( Рассказ служанки)

A gripping vision of American society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has become one of the most powerful novels of our time. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to shops whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray for the Commander to make her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules. Like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four, The Handmaid’s Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but also as a warning of a...A gripping vision of American society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has become one of the most powerful novels of our time. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to shops whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray for the Commander to make her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules. Like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four, The Handmaid’s Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but also as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant.Фредова – служанка в доме загадочного командора и его ревнивой жены. Раз в день она может покинуть дом и отправиться в магазин, где все ценники и указатели были заменены на картинки, ведь женщинам в республике Галаад запрещено читать. Фредова молится о том, что ей удастся забеременеть от командора, ведь в мире, где стремительно падает рождаемость, ценность женщины определяется ее способностью к зачатию. Служанок, которые не могут выполнить свои обязательства, ждет изгнание в загрязненные радиоактивными отходами Колонии. Фредова еще помнит свою жизнь до революции, где у нее был муж, дочка и работа. Теперь же у нее нет даже собственного имени. Рискуя своей жизнью, она узнает секреты тех, кто контролирует каждый ее шаг…«Рассказ служанки» – это роман-антиутопия канадской писательницы Маргарет Этвуд, который принято ставить в один ряд с другими романами-предупреждениями, такими как «О дивный новый мир» Олдоса Хаксли и «1984» Джорджа Оруэлл