I posted a list of predictions last Sunday – part personal wish list and part those I thought might be successful based on trends from past longlists. Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliĪn Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obiomaġ0 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Booker Prize 2019 longlist was announced on Wednesday. Even though there isn’t a huge amount of description of what Offred’s surroundings look like or even much explanation about the creation of Gilead initially, Atwood paints a vivid and shocking portrait of this dystopian world, gradually building towards a dramatic conclusion. I particularly admire Atwood’s skill at detailed world-building in relatively spare prose. It is narrated by Offred, a handmaid who is forced to produce children for Commander Waterford and his wife Serena Joy.Īs a reread, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ was fresher in my mind than it would have been thanks to the recent television series which is a very faithful adaptation of the novel. Atwood’s dystopian classic first published in 1985 depicts the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian and patriarchal state created after the downfall of the United States some time in the 21st century. I first read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood about 10 years ago and recently reread it followed by the long-awaited sequel The Testaments.
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