Margaret Atwood tests the flammability of the new edition of her renowned work.
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Since its publication, the work has often placed high on lists ofmost-banned books.
These impressive materials can withstand a flame thrower, as Atwood herself demonstrates in avideoreleased by the publishers.
This message parallels the dystopian world inside the novelone where women are used as red-cloaked birthers.
This book is not the only one to be uniquely crafted from special materials.
A Penguin edition ofNineteen Eighty-Fouralso steadilywore away its coverto become progressively less censored.
This specialThe Handmaid’s Taleedition will be available onSotheby’s, where bidding has already reached $90,000.
Proceeds will go to PEN Americas work in support of free expression, according to Penguin.
Bidding closes on June 7 at 2:01 p.m. EDT.
