마거릿 애트우드 <The Testaments> 증언들 인상깊은 구절 독후감

I did not cry. I'd already done my crying. The truth was that they'd cut Crystal open to get the baby out, and they'd killed her by doing that. It wasn't something she chose. She hadn't volunteered to die with noble womanly honour or be a shining example, but nobody mentioned that.

Damn....

When he wasn't eating or sleeping or being shown off, Mark passed his time in the kitchen, where he was a great favourite among the Marthas. They loved to give him his bath and exclaim over his tiny fingers, his tiny toes, his tiny dimples, and his tiny male organ, out of which he could project a truly astonishing fountain of pee. What a strong little man!

I was expected to join in the worship, and when I didn't show enough zeal I was told to stop sulking, because soon enough I would have a baby of my own, and then I would be happy. I doubted that very much-not the baby so much as the happiness. I spent as much time in my room as possible, avoiding the cheerfulness in the kitchen and brooding on the unfairness of the universe.

자라면서 이생각 안해본 여자가 있을까? 마거릿 애트우드는 신이다....

The truth can cause a lot of trouble for those who are not supposed to know it.

The collective memory is notoriously faulty, and much of the past sinks into the ocean of time to be drowned for-ever; but once in a while the waters part, allowing us to glimpse a flash of hidden treasure, if only for a moment. Although history is rife with nuance, and we historians can never hope for unanimous agreement, I trust you will be able to concur with me, at least in this instance.

the 13th symposium

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정말.. 정말 아름다운 이야기였다.

시녀이야기에서 길리어드는 정말 공포스럽고 빠져나갈 길이 있을까 싶은 곳이었는데 증언들에서는 억압으로 이루어진 사회는 결코 완전할 수 없다는 것을 보여줘서 정말 좋았다. 통쾌하기도 하고 아쉽기도 하고. 그리고 aunt lydia 가 정말 이런 캐릭터가 있다니.. 싶을 정도로 다면적이고 강인하고 인물들이 살아있다... 게다가 인내 끝의 복수라는 뒤마식 복수극 요소까지 있어서 즐겁기까지 한!

baby nicole에 대해서는 할 말이 많은데... nicole 시점 나올때마다 너무 분위기가 가벼워져서 불호였다. 그런데 시녀이야기들이나 증언들이나 에필로그를 학회 발표로 끝내는게 정말 좋다. 나중 시대의 사람들이 바라보는 그 기록물들...

길리어드는 무너졌지만 훗날 미래 사람들은 우리 시대를 어떻게 평가할까 생각하게 된다.

10/10!