Overview
AmparĆ”ndose en la coartada del terrorismo, unos polĆticos teĆ³cratas se hacen con el poder y, como primera medida, suprimen la libertad de prensa y los derechos de las mujeres. Esta trama, inquietante y oscura, que bien podrĆa encontrarse en cualquier obra actual, pertenece en realidad a esta novela escrita por Margaret Atwood a principios de los ochenta, en la que la afamada autora canadiense anticipĆ³ con llamativa premoniciĆ³n una amenaza latente en el mundo de hoy.
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En la RepĆŗblica de Gilead, el cuerpo de Defred sĆ³lo sirve para procrear, tal como imponen las fĆ©rreas normas establecidas por la dictadura puritana que domina el paĆs. Si Defred se rebela -o si, aceptando colaborar a regaƱadientes, no es capaz de concebir- le espera la muerte en ejecuciĆ³n pĆŗblica o el destierro a unas Colonias en las que sucumbirĆ” a la poluciĆ³n de los residuos tĆ³xicos. AsĆ, el rĆ©gimen controla con mano de hierro hasta los mĆ”s Ćnfimos detalles de la vida de las mujeres: su alimentaciĆ³n, su indumentaria, incluso su actividad sexual. Pero nadie, ni siquiera un gobierno despĆ³tico parapetado tras el supuesto mandato de un dios todopoderoso, puede gobernar el pensamiento de una persona. Y mucho menos su deseo.
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Los peligros inherentes a mezclar religiĆ³n y polĆtica; el empeƱo de todo poder absoluto en someter a las mujeres como paso conducente a sojuzgar a toda la poblaciĆ³n; la fuerza incontenible del deseo como elemento transgresor: son tan sĆ³lo una muestra de los temas que aborda este relato desgarrador, aderezado con el sutil sarcasmo que constituye la seƱa de identidad de Margaret Atwood. Una escritora universal que, con el paso del tiempo, no deja de asombrarnos con la lucidez de sus ideas y la potencia de su prosa.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
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The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.
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The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishmentās calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.
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