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...most famous novel is The Handmaid??€™s Tale, which is set in a futuristic American dystopia controlled by religious zealots...
Atwood’s most famous work to date is about a completely different dystopia —the sexual nightmare that was reading-list favorite, the 1985 The Handmaid??€™s Tale. Oryx and Crake is somewhat of a return to her roots after a series of well-received realist novels, including Cat’s Eye and the Booker Prize-winning The Blind Assassin...
...work, however, few writers would admit it as readily as Atwood. During her address and in the interview, Atwood liberally provided her listeners with autobiographical anectdotes that have appeared, only slightly disguised, in her fiction. In fact, Harvard provided the setting for her critically acclaimed 1986 novel, The Handmaid??€™s Tale...
...audience member asked about the role of Cantabrigian landmarks in Handmaid??€™s setting, so Atwood provided specific examples: One building in the book is Memorial Hall, another is the Brattle Theater, another Widener Library...
...also pointed out the Harvard parallels in her 1998 novel, The Handmaid??€™s Tale, citing the presence of Widener Library and the Brattle Square Theatre...