In its recent report “ Banned in the USA,” PEN documents 1,586 cases of a variety of reported book bans in the United States in 2021, spanning 26 states and 86 school districts. “ The Handmaid's Tale has been banned many times-sometimes by whole countries, such as Portugal and Spain in the days of Salazar and the Francoists, sometimes by school boards, sometimes by libraries,” the Canadian author said in a statement. Proceeds will go to PEN America to support its advocacy for free expression and fight against book banning.Īccording to the group, The Handmaid’s Tale is a favorite scapegoat for those who would forbid books, and is often targeted for its sexual and health-related content. On Thursday, auction house Sotheby’s sold the unburnable book for $130,000. Now, Atwood has partnered up with her publisher, Penguin Random House, to create a version of the book that’s impossible to ignite anything other than heated debate. The futuristic, dystopian novel about patriarchy run wild has long been one of the United States’ most-banned books-fodder for those who would censor or even burn its searing words. First released in 1985, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale is a longtime bestseller… and a longtime object of censorship.
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