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我的使女比拉在這裡，你可以與她同房，
使她生子在我膝下，我便靠她也得孩子。
基列共和國裡，階級分明，父權主宰了這個社會的一切。女人被嚴苛的控制著，無法有自主的工作，不能擁有財產，依照剩餘價值被分配擔任不同職務。「使女」是其一，她們沒有名字，不能閱讀、與人交談，被剝奪情與慾，絕不容許隱密的慾望之花有盛開之機；只是長著兩條腿的子宮，職司和社會領導者大主教交合，以便繁衍下一代。
一名在基列共和國時期擔任「使女」，馴服在權威體制裡，心靈卻自有主張，一步步挑戰禁忌……她留下的記錄，年代久遠已不可考，但情節之荒誕駭人，卻熟悉莫名地叫人心驚。
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#1 New York Times bestseller • Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood.
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.
Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, available now.
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.
