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A Handmaids Tale- Margret Atwood
Synopsis: Set in a post modern, dystopian society, Margret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ follows the life of the protagonist June- better known in the republic of Gilead as ‘Offred’. In the wake of environmental catastrophe and a resulting fertility crisis, a totalitarian regime seizes control of what once was the United States. This regime, known as the Republic of Gilead, enforces brutal theocracy under the guise of Christian morality. Fertile women are forcibly conscripted into servitude as ‘handmaids’, assigned to elite households where they are legally bound to bear children for powerful men and their wives. June, one such handmaid, becomes the property of a man referred to only as…
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A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Synopsis: This carefully crafted novel published in 2015 by Hanya Yanagihara follows the story of four close knit friends weaving their way through life in the heart of New York. The narrative is focused mainly on the protagonist, Jude St Francis, who suffers with chronic pain in his legs, leaving him often forced to resort to the use of a cane- which only arises questions within his companions, none of whom are willing to ask. Yanagihara solely prioritises the familiarisation with the characters during the first 200 pages, creating an unbreakable bond between a reader and the narrative. As the story develops, we are slowly given more insight into the…
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