The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE; May 23, 2022

The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE

"To benefit PEN America’s work defending freedom of expression, Penguin Random House is proud to partner with Margaret Atwood and Sotheby’s to offer an unburnable edition of the classic, and often banned, novel The Handmaid’s Tale."

The Handmaid’s Tale series premiere recap: ‘Offred’; Entertainment Weekly, April 26, 2017

Jessica Derschowitz, Entertainment Weekly; The Handmaid’s Tale series premiere recap: ‘Offred’

[Spoilers for Episode 1]


"When another student, Janine, talks back, Lydia (Ann Dowd) shocks her with a cattle prod and has her taken away, before offering a line straight from Atwood’s novel, which I’d say is the scariest quote of the entire episode:

“I know this must feel very strange. But ordinary is just what you’re used to. This may not seem ordinary to you right now, but after a time it will. This will become ordinary.”"