The Testaments

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

被誉为“加拿大文学女王”的玛格丽特•阿特伍德是一位勤奋多产的作家，也是二十世纪加拿大文坛为数不多享有国际声誉的诗人。现居多伦多。 自上世纪六十年代中期起，阿特伍德便以持久旺盛的创作力不给评论界任何淡忘她的机会。她获得过除诺贝尔文学奖之外的大多数重量级国际文学奖，并被多伦多大学等十多所院校授予荣誉博士学位。她的作品已被译成三十多种文字。2017年，阿特伍德获卡夫卡奖和德国书业和平奖。2019年，阿特伍德凭借《证言》再度问鼎布克奖。 于是，著名青年文学翻译家、作家。上海作家协会会员、上海作协签约作家。 毕业于华东师范大学对外汉语系。至今已出版多部个人著作，包括小说《一只黑猫的自闭症》、《事后》、《六翼天使》，书影评选集《慌城孤读》，以及数部中短篇小说集和散文集，同时致力于文学翻译。至今已有数十部译作面世，包括赫赫有名的美国作家斯蒂芬•金所著《黑暗塔》之第七卷、《杜马岛》，新晋诺贝文学奖得主托卡尔丘克长篇力作《云游》、丹•布朗的《失落的秘符》，英国女作家温特森的《时间之间》、《橘子不是唯一的水果》、英国作家亨利•S•斯托克所著《美与暴烈——三岛由纪夫的生与死》等。