Famed author Margaret Atwood tried burning her book "The Handmaid's Tale."
She was unsuccessful, and that was the point.
Atwood and a group of partners teamed up to create an unburnable version of her dystopian novel about the totalitarian patriarchy of the Republic of Gilead.
In the novel women are slaves , forced to give birth, and then give their children to the people who enslaved them.
A video shows her trying to incinerate the literature with a flamethrower, but it was all in vain, as the book is indeed unburnable.
It's creation is in protest to the reported rise in book censorship.
It went up for auction at PEN America's annual gala, which advocates for free expression worldwide.
The project was a joint effort between Atwood, PEN, Penguin Random House, and two Toronto companies.
The associated press reports that Toronto agencies, Rethink creative, and The Gas Company Inc, a graphic arts and bookbinding specialty studio, were part of making the book possible.
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