The Handmaid's Tale Legends & Mythology Camus's novel exposes the universal

Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that

At a word from Henry

'Bears endless re-reading

a semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic

begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troubling ways

The Handmaid's Tale Legends & Mythology Camus's novel exposes the universalOffred is a "Handmaid" in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty first century America explores a world in which oppression of women, and repression of the truth, have become justified.