Il racconto dell'ancella

Name: Il racconto dell'ancella
Rating: 7.9 (7119 reviews)
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Dystopia, Novel by Margaret Atwood

Blurb

Il racconto dell'ancella è un romanzo distopico di Margaret Atwood del 1985.
Ambientato in un futuro prossimo, in una teocrazia totalitaria che ha rovesciato il governo degli Stati Uniti, Il racconto dell'ancella esplora i temi della sottomissione della donna e dei vari mezzi che la politica impiega per asservire il corpo femminile e le sue funzioni riproduttive ai propri scopi.
Il romanzo ha vinto il Premio Arthur C. Clarke 1987 e il Governor General's Award ed è stato candidato al Premio Nebula, al Premio Prometheus e al Booker Prize. Nel 1990 il romanzo è stato portato sul grande schermo nell'omonimo film diretto da Volker Schlöndorff. Nel 2000 dal romanzo è stata tratta un'opera omonima, The Handmaid's Tale, su partitura del compositore danese Poul Ruders su libretto di Paul Bentley.

First Published

1985

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Barbara.seeberg

Beklemmend, frustrierend, beängstigend. Aktuelle Entwicklungen sorgen dafür, dass diese Dystopie realer wird als einem lieb ist.

0 Responses posted in June

Ashitha

You will, in equal parts, enjoy the book, squirm uncomfortably, and be horrified when you read it!

0 Responses posted in September

Kristen.kreashko

I didn't like it. Yes, I can see the point it was trying to make. And yes, the concept did truly scare me. It was so surreal at times because I could definitely picture these things happening in society. As a woman, this book unnerved me. However, this book was so oddly written. It used a weird prose, half poetic, half lazy and blunt. The story felt disjointed and all over the place. Also, why does the author hate quotation marks so badly? What did they ever do to her? I struggled to get through this. I wanted to give up several times but I was just waiting for it to get better. It never did really. The conclusion was very unsatisfying. This book was upsetting. Also, I'm not really sure why this is considered a feminist book when it doesn't really seem like the women ever came out on top. Whatever we do, don't let Trump read this book. I don't want him getting any ideas.

0 Responses posted in August