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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Roberts

The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood fears her dystopian novel can ‘now happen anywhere’

Award-winning author Margaret Atwood has stated that the dystopian future depicted in her seminal novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, is becoming "more and more plausible" in the contemporary world.

The Canadian writer, 86, whose 1985 book and its 2019 Booker Prize-winning sequel, The Testaments, inspired the acclaimed television series, shared her evolving perspective on the story’s relevance.

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