Margret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is the dystopia du jour thanks to Trump-era politics and a dark, compelling new television series on Hulu.
Just in time, the Folio Society has released a brand-new collector’s quality edition of the book with stunning, disturbing new artwork by Italian illustrators Anna and Elena Balbusso–and a new introduction by Atwood herself.
As they describe it, the art “was inspired by Futurism, Russian Constructivism and fascist-period design. Their illustrations cleverly highlight the regimented and hierarchical nature of society in Gilead with their use of a restricted color palette of red, black and white and a futurist tone…”
The publisher shared a few images with Kveller readers, including a pregnant handmaid, Offred’s costume for an illicit night out with the Commander among the “Jezebels”—and two handmaids walking along the sinister wall.
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Sarah M. Seltzer
Sarah Seltzer, former editor for Kveller, is a writer and editor in New York City. She is a journalist covering culture, activism and gender, most recently as Deputy Editor at culture website Flavorwire.com. Her print and online work has appeared in publications including Poets & Writers, The Forward, Lilith, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The New York Times, Salon, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, Jezebel, The Hairpin, Refinery29, The Toast, Rolling Stone, and many more. She is a graduate of Harvard University, where she edited The Crimson’s weekend magazine, as well as the MFA in writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first baby, Mikey, is growing up way too fast and she can objectively report that he is very cute. You can follow her at @sarahmseltzer and reach her at sarah@kveller.com.
