Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"?

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Naomi Mercer |

TED-Ed

• March 2018

Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction masterpiece "The Handmaid's Tale" explores the consequences of complacency and how power can be wielded unfairly. Atwood’s chilling vision of a dystopian regime has captured readers' imaginations since its publication in 1985. How does this book maintain such staying power? Naomi R. Mercer investigates. [Directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Stephen LaRosa].