The grim dystopia “The Handmaid’s Tale” provides no hint of how delightful Margaret Atwood can be in conversation. “The Handmaid’s Tale” has, of course, been adapted by Hulu, featuring Ann Dowd as the fearsome Aunt Lydia — a villain who takes on a more ambiguous role in that book’s much-belated sequel. You wrote some of “The Handmaid’s Tale” in a divided Germany. “The Testaments” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” feel like history too — they’re made up of witness documents. That’s comforting.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 09, 2020 14:32 UTC