As the name suggests, “Witnesses” are written as testimonies of several women about their experiences in Gilead. “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes,” writes Margaret Atvuda and shows the motives of their actions through the most hidden thoughts of the heroes of the novel.
The narrative monster, Aunt Lydia, the support of Gilead, the naive and heartfelt Beck and the rebellious Daisy, the determined and courageous Agnese, tells her narrative, creating a comprehensive impression of life in another totalitarian society, this time created only by the writer’s imagination. What are the characteristics of those people who are able to survive in the most difficult conditions? What are the permissible compromises that leave a person to himself, and where is the border that must not be crossed? What makes a person a personality – and what about a screw without will and reason? The question that, reading from time to time, slips into the periphery of consciousness is: and what would hardly be our decisions if we ended up in a place like Gilead?
Despite the difficult theme, Margaret Atvuda writes easily and vigorously, allowing the reader to enjoy Gilead’s peculiar life and the struggles of its inhabitants for power and influence, while at the same time relieved to rejoice that it is not true. happy reader, who allows the author to take her by the hand and lead her deeper and deeper into the mysterious and captivating maze of every novel she has, ”writes translator Silvia Brice.
Yes, and this novel also provides an answer to the question: what happened to Zemfred?
Margaret Atvuda (1939) is the author of more than 50 works of fiction – novels, poetry and literary critique essays – and has received many literary awards, including the Bucker Prize, Artur Č. The Clark Prize, the Franca Kafka Prize, the German Booksellers’ Union Peace Prize, and the US PEN Club Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
An e-book is also available. Translated from English by Silvia Brice.
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