Margaret Atwood writes after 'The Handmaid's Tale'

28th November 2018 / 21h04 GMT

By Doha Madani

The novel that inspired an Emmy award-winning television series, "The Handmaid & # 39; s Tale", follows more than 30 years of its publication.

Author Margaret Atwood announced on Twitter On Wednesday, she wrote a sequel to her 1985 dystopian novel entitled "The Testaments". The sequel will begin 15 years after the main character, Offred, has escaped the state of Gilead, in which women have lost their rights and are completely dominated by men.

"Everything you've asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book," Atwood said. "Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we live in."

"The Wills" is expected to come out in September 2019, according to Atwood.

The novel "The Handmaid & # 39; s Tale", which differs in some ways from the TV show, presents a world in which women are forced to assume various roles, especially as carriers of 39 children for sterile elite couples. The novel was adapted for television in 2017 by the Hulu streaming service.

Since the beginning of the show, many activists have worn the uniform of the maid, dressed in a red dress and a white cap, during political protests. A group of women disguised themselves in costumes before a congressional confirmation hearing before Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with his testimony and that of Christine Blasey Ford, who stated that she had been sexually assaulted at the school. 39; teens.