Read an excerpt from that introduction and see the cover, below.
The first three episodes ofThe Handmaids Talepremiere on Hulu on April 26 and subsequent episodes will be released weekly.
Every Sunday the East German Air Force made sonic booms to remind us of how close they were.
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So did the repurposed buildings.
This used to belong to .
but then they disappeared.
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I heard such stories many times.
Change could also be as fast as lightning.
It cant happen here could not be depended on: Anything could happen anywhere, given the circumstances.
By 1984, Id been avoiding my novel for a year or two.
It seemed to me a risky venture.
Was I up to it?
If I was to create an imaginary garden I wanted the toads in it to be real.
No imaginary gizmos, no imaginary laws, no imaginary atrocities.
God is in the details, they say.
So is the devil.
Back in 1984, the main premise seemed even to me fairly outrageous.
(They were.)
(In todays real world, studies are now showing a sharp fertility decline in Chinese men.)
One man, four women, 12 sons but the handmaids could not claim the sons.
They belonged to the respective wives.
And so the tale unfolds.
This is from the introduction of THE HANDMAIDS TALE by Margaret Atwood.
