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Margaret Atwood
Canadian author Margaret Atwood describes how she put off writing her dystopian classic 'The Handmaid's Tale' which imagines a future America under the violently oppressive rule of a far-right Christian sect. Seen as part science fiction, part social commentary she explains what influenced her to write its central message.
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