使女的故事

The Handmaid's Tale , #7

Paperback, 392 pages

chinese language

Published by 上海译文出版社.

ISBN:
978-7-5327-7633-7
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“奥芙-弗雷德”是基列共和国的一名“使女”。她是这个国家中为数不多能够生育的女性之一,被分配到没有后代的“指挥官”家庭,帮助他们生育子嗣。和这个国家里的其他女性一样,她没有行动的自由,被剥夺了财产、工作和阅读的权利。 除了某些特殊的日子,“使女”们每天只被允许结伴外出一次购物,她们的一举一动都受到“眼目”的监视。更糟糕的是,在这个疯狂的世界里,人类不仅要面对生态恶化、经济危机等问题,还陷入了相互敌视、等级分化和肆意杀戮的混乱局面。女性并非这场浩劫中唯一被压迫的对象,每个人都是这个看似荒诞的世界里的受害者。

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Meh

2 stars

I read the Handmaid's Tale yesterday, finally. I'm disappointed. I did not like the writing style at all, there was no real story, just descriptions. And then it just ended. No conclusion or anything.

My best guess it's because the TV show was so intense and well made (at least the earlier seasons), and the book was... Not? Episodes would stay with me for days, but I'm struggling to recall the book.

Maybe the book is supposed to be unsatisfying to go with the theme. Nothing much happened after Gilead was created, every day just kinda goes by. Sure there was some torture and death, but... Eh.

Maybe I was expecting too much after all the praise it got. It's my first Atwood book, and way way outside of my usual genre (fantasy, scifi, horror).

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