Proms | The Handmaid’s Tale
Based on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Veteran war reporter Kate Adie and novelist Aminatta Forna discuss Margaret Atwood's groundbreaking feminist novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale', twenty five years after its publication, in which a religious revolution has overthrown the American government.
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- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 3
- Duration: 20'26''
- Broadcast date: 2012
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- Literary Resource
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