'Unburnable' copy of Handmaid's Tale auctioned for $130,000
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Sotheby's will auction a fireproof version of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, in a statement against increasing censorship and the surge of book-bannings taking place in American schools.
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A specially commissioned, unburnable edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has been auctioned for $130,000, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. Proceeds will be donated to PEN America, which advocates for free
Sotheby's will auction a fireproof version of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, in a statement against increasing censorship and the surge of book-bannings taking place in American schools.
Protesting against book banning and censorship in the US, Atwood and her publisher are auctioning off an unburnable copy of her bestselling dystopian novel.
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