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I Statue 9
II Precious Flower 15
Hymn III 45
IV Close Hound 57
V Van 89
VI Six is ​​Death107
VII Stadium 159
VIII Carnavon 175
IX Tank Tank 197
X Spring Green 223
XI Veot 243
XII Capitz 267
XIII Electric Shears 299
XIV Ardua Hall 317
XV The Fox and the Girl 359
XVI Pearl Girl 369
XVII Perfect Teeth 395
XVIII Reading Room 407
XIX Study 441
XX Bloodline 453
XXI All at once, without a care, 489
XXII Decisive Blow 503
XXIII Wall 531
XXIV Nelly J.
Banksho 537
XXV Awakening 553
XXVI Landing 565
XXVII Farewell 575
13th Symposium 581

Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
A new sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” after 34 years.
The first edition alone sold 500,000 copies, and immediately topped bestseller lists on Amazon and the New York Times.
15 years after The Handmaid's Tale,
All the secrets that countless readers have been wondering about will be revealed!

"Readers' questions about The Handmaid's Tale were the inspiration for this book." -Margaret Atwood

The sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, which has been considered a textbook dystopian novel since its publication in 1985, "Testimonies," has been published by Golden Bough.
The Handmaid's Tale is a bestseller that vividly exposes the dark relationship between sex and power in a fictional American regime. Influenced by the globally popular drama "The Handmaid's Tale" in 2017, it became a symbol of not only the #MeToo movement but also the movement against President Donald Trump. The white hat and red dress depicted as the "handmaid's" attire in the novel also became symbols of the feminist movements that took place in Argentina, Hungary, Ireland, and Poland.
"The Handmaid's Tale" is a work that has been at the center of attention, with sales reaching an astonishing 10 million copies.
"Testimonies," which takes place 15 years after "The Handmaid's Tale," tells the story of the fall of the Gilead regime, along with stories left unexplored in the previous work, based on the testimonies of three women from different backgrounds and occupations.

As if responding to the interest and expectations of readers who had long awaited a sequel, 『Testimonies』 sold 500,000 copies in the United States alone and went into reprinting immediately. Immediately after its publication, it swept bookstores across the country, reaching number one on Amazon, the largest bookstore in the United States, and the New York Times bestseller list.
It also became so popular in the UK that a book was sold every four seconds, reaching number one on the [Sunday Times] bestseller list.
On October 14, 2019, The Testimonies won the prestigious Booker Prize, making it Margaret Atwood's first win in 19 years since The Blind Assassin in 2000.
It was selected as the Book of the Year by many leading publications, including the 2019 Amazon Book of the Year, [The Daily Telegraph], [The Evening Standard], [The Sunday Times], [The Financial Times], [The Guardian], [The Times], and [The Observer].

"Dear readers, this book was inspired by the questions you have been asking me about Gilead and its inner workings.
Well, it's almost all thanks to your questions! Another inspiration is the world we live in." - Margaret Atwood

All the answers to the questions readers have about The Handmaid's Tale are here.

While "The Handmaid's Tale" centers around the "handmaid" Offred and the events that unfold around her, "The Testimonies" tells the story of Gilead in general through the recordings and memoirs of three different women.
In particular, in the previous work, the infamous educator and iron lady, Lydia 'Auntie', is one of the witnesses, and through her memoirs, she reveals the true face of the corrupt power holders of Gilead, and describes in detail the process of how the 'Auntie' class came to be, as well as the conflicts and plots among them.
Another witness is Daisy, a Canadian girl whose life was shaken to its core by Gilead's clutches, and the recordings detail the situation outside Gilead.

The film depicts student protests against the Gilead regime, but the Canadian government is unable to raise its voice despite public opposition due to Gilead's strong military power, secretly trying to root out anti-Gilead groups in Canada or attempting assassinations and terrorism, and on the other hand, Gilead sending out a missionary group called the "Pearl Girls" to recruit civilians abroad.
The green girl on the cover of 'Testimonies' symbolizes 'Agnes', another witness.
The green dress contrasts with the red-dressed 'maid', which is the attire of a girl about to get married. Agnes is raised as the commander's adopted daughter, but is eventually sold and put in danger of having to marry another commander.
In addition, the story of the life and death of the main character, Offred, and her stolen daughter, which aroused the greatest curiosity of readers in the previous work, are also naturally incorporated into 『Testimonies』.

"Testimonies" Wins the 2019 Booker Prize

Margaret Atwood won the Booker Prize, 19 years after The Blind Assassin in 2000.
Margaret Atwood, the oldest ever Booker Prize winner, said of the unusual joint win, “I would have been very embarrassed if I had won the prize so late in my career at my age.
“If that were the case, it would have held back the careers of younger writers and prevented them from passing this gate,” he said humbly.
Jury chairman Peter Florence said of the winning entry, "It is a work of outstanding literary skill.
It is a sentence with elegant language and excellent structure.
These techniques contribute to the creation of a great work, regardless of whether the writer's intended message is truly valuable or not.
It's a gripping thriller that not only has the message to speak for itself, but is also surprisingly easy to read.
This work is a story about today's world.
"It gives us insight into the world we live in and creates characters that resonate with us," the judges said in their review.

The Booker Prize was established in 1969 and is currently considered one of the world's top three literary awards, along with the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Prix Goncourt. It was called the Booker McConnell Prize from 1969, but its name was changed to the Man Booker Prize in 2002 when the investment company Man Group became the sponsor, and the name was changed again to the Booker Prize in 2019.
In 2019, the Booker Prize organizers decided to award the prize jointly to Margaret Atwood's 'Testimonies' and Bernardine Evaristo's 'Girl, Woman, Other', for the first time in 17 years.

*What is the Gilead government in "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Testimonies"?
A regime that rules over a significant portion of the United States (including the Republic of Texas, which is at war with the Gilead regime in the story) that takes away the rights of all women and turns any women who act against their doctrine into "handmaids" who serve as surrogate mothers for those in power.
Additionally, women who still refuse to obey the regime's orders despite being 'handmaids' are sent to extreme labor facilities called 'colonies' or to secret pleasure clubs called 'Jezebel's House'.
They are monitoring society with secret police called 'eyes' and are implementing policies to discourage the people, such as replacing signs with pictures to make them illegible.
Due to environmental pollution caused by war and other factors, the birth rate of deformed babies is high, so the birth of a normal baby is considered a blessing.

A chilling invitation that Atwood fans can't refuse...
"Testimonies" reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil.
-[People]

Margaret Atwood's power is fully revealed before your eyes...
Everyone must read 『Testimonies』.
-[LA Times]

The narrative is fast-paced and immersive, yet melodramatic and incredibly driving.
-[New York Times]

"Testimonies" is a literary classic worthy of its own right.
This is partly due to Atwood's ability to surprise us while writing in a world we think we know so well.
-[USA Today]

The women of Gilead are more alluring than ever.
-[NPR]

There is perhaps no novelist better suited to evoking the anxieties of the times than Margaret Atwood.

-[Entertainment Weekly]

Powerful, revealing and exciting.

-[Boston Globe]