The Testaments

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The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel that serves as a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, expanding and concluding the story of the totalitarian regime of Gilead.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dystopian novel
novel
sequel
author Margaret Atwood
awarded Booker Prize
BookerPrizeYear 2019
concludesStoryArcOf The Handmaid's Tale
surface form: Gilead regime
continuesFictionalUniverse The Handmaid's Tale
surface form: The Handmaid's Tale universe
countryOfOrigin Canada
coverArtist Noma Bar
depicts The Testaments self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of Gilead
featuresCharacter Agnes Jemima
Aunt Lydia
Commander Judd
Daisy
Nicole
follows The Handmaid's Tale
genre dystopian fiction
political fiction
speculative fiction
hasAdaptation The Handmaid's Tale
surface form: The Handmaid's Tale television series (elements incorporated)
ISBN 9780385543781
isSequelTo The Handmaid's Tale
language English
literaryPeriod 21st-century literature
marketedAs companion novel to The Handmaid's Tale
narrativePerspective first-person
numberOfNarrators 3
originalMediaType hardcover
print
pageCount 432
partOfSeries The Handmaid's Tale
surface form: The Handmaid's Tale series
publicationDate 2019-09-10
publicationYear 2019
publisher McClelland and Stewart
surface form: McClelland & Stewart

Nan A. Talese
setting Canada
Gilead
sharesBookerPrizeWith Girl, Woman, Other
shortlistedFor Giller Prize
surface form: Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Writers' Prize for Fiction
theme corruption of power
female agency
indoctrination
patriarchy
religious fundamentalism
resistance
surveillance
totalitarianism

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Margaret Atwood notableWork The Testaments
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel hasPlace The Testaments
this entity surface form: Gilead
The Handmaid's Tale hasSequel The Testaments
The Testaments depicts The Testaments self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Republic of Gilead
1990 film The Handmaid's Tale setting The Testaments
subject surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film)
this entity surface form: Republic of Gilead
Aunt Lydia appearsIn The Testaments
Aunt Lydia majorExplorationIn The Testaments
Aunt Lydia narratorIn The Testaments
Aunt Lydia setting The Testaments
this entity surface form: Republic of Gilead
Agnes Jemima appearsIn The Testaments
Agnes Jemima appearsIn The Testaments
this entity surface form: The Testaments (novel)
Agnes Jemima narratorOf The Testaments
Agnes Jemima countryOfFictionalContext The Testaments
this entity surface form: Republic of Gilead
Daisy appearsIn The Testaments
Daisy appearsIn The Testaments
this entity surface form: The Testaments (novel)
Daisy publicationContext The Testaments
this entity surface form: The Testaments was first published in 2019
Commander Judd appearsIn The Testaments
Commander Judd setting The Testaments
this entity surface form: Republic of Gilead
Nicole appearsIn The Testaments
Nicole appearsIn The Testaments
this entity surface form: The Testaments (novel)
Nicole appearsIn The Testaments
this entity surface form: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood