The Testaments-Margaret Atwood
Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, dealing with the collapse of the totalitarian theocracy of Gilead.
Key Themes
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How totalitarian regimes collapse
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The power of Everything-is-a-Story to control people’s lives by omitting information and how the same erasure can be used against regimes.
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How History-is-Written-by-the-Winners and is a story. How because History-is-Always-Edited, it twists our perspective of our present and can be used to hide atrocities.
Quotes
Once a story you’ve recorded as true has turned false, you begin suspecting all other stories