Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 10
2015 Submission by Michel Houellebecq is published in English The novel imagines a situation in which a Muslim party upholding Islamist and patriarchal values is able to win the 2022 presidential election in France with the support of the Socialist Party. 2019 Novelist Margaret Atwood publishes " The Testaments ", her follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale" More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Winner of The Booker Prize 2024 The Story of a Heart Rachel Clarke (UK) An unforgettable and inspiring true story of how one family’s grief transformed into a lifesaving gift. Winner of the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Bailli...