After The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, Margaret Atwood was asked by a man in the audience of a book event, whether this novel was autobiographical. She replied in the negative. (Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, p. xiv) She told the man that the book was set in the future, a dystopian fiction.

To know about Atwood’s explanations of her books’ background, and her writing process, you’ll have to read her memoir, Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts. There is a main book review of that book at the weblink.

Jim Polk, Atwood’s ex-husband, said that book was about the Harvard English graduate program (Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, p. 226).

Atwood devoted one whole Chapter 30 (Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, p. 429) to talk about The Handmaid’s Tale.

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The Handmaid’s costume.

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