<p><b>Can we ever be wholly free? </b><br><br>In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to speak and to act to preserve our freedom while we still can. And in that, there is hope.<br><br><b>Selected from <i>The Handmaid¿s Tale</i> and <i>Hag-Seed</i> by Margaret Atwood.</b><br><br><b>VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.</b><br><br>A series of short books by the world¿s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human</p>