The novel of the author of The Handmaid's Tale will be screened
The success of the series based on the book "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood has reached other works of the writer. It became known yesterday that eOne has acquired the rights to film and broadcast a project based on the novel Tidbit, Atwood's very first published story.The book takes place in the 1960s in Toronto, on the rise of the feminist movement in the United States. In the center of the plot is Marian McAlpin, whose safe and carefully guarded world begins to crumble after a marriage proposal from a successful lawyer and ideal fiance Peter. The girl loses her appetite, and reality splits around the heroine. Marian unconsciously moves away from the culture of consumption and the views of society on the destiny of women, trying to take control of fate. If the new project turns into a series, it will be the last screen version of Atwood's works on TV. The most famous - the television adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale - won the 2018 Golden Globe for Best Drama Series. Source: Variety The Topic of Article: The novel of the author of The Handmaid's Tale will be screened. |
