Woman On The Edge Of Time

Author: Marge Piercy

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9781785033780
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Del Rey
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  • : August 2016
  • : 198mm X 126mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : English
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September 2016

Description

"Hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction, Marge Piercy's landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futures. Harrowing and prescient, Woman on the Edge of Timewill speak to a new generation on whom these choices weigh more heavily than ever before.
After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie Ramos is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome- a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow... The classic feminist science fiction novel - reissued on its 40th anniversary with a new introduction by the author. Harrowing and prescient - and often compared to The Handmaid's Tale-Woman on the Edge of Timewill speak to a new generation of readers."

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The classic feminist dystopian novel - reissued on its 40th Anniversary with a new introduction by the author

Reviews

"Genius...Marge Piercy is every bit as imaginative as H. G. Wells or Isaac Asimov or any of the great fantasists, but she is also a fierce and devoted activist who wants us to be more than passive readers...I urge you to read Marge Piercy now." Gloria Steinem "Marge Piercy's characters are complex and very human" Margaret Atwood "Here is somebody with the guts to go into the deepest core of herself, her time, her history, and risk more than anybody else has so far, just out of a love for the truth and a need to tell it." Thomas Pynchon "One of the most important novelists of our time" Erica Jong "Marge Piercy is the political novelist of our time. More: she is the conscience" Marilyn French

Author description

Marge Piercy is the author of seventeen novels including the classic Woman on the Edge of Time; nineteen volumes of poetry; four non-fiction books as well as her critically acclaimed memoir. Born in Detroit, educated at the University of Michigan, and the recipient of four honorary doctorates, she has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles of our time, including the anti-Vietnam war and the women's movement, and more recently an active participant in the resistance to the war in Iraq. Praised as one of the few American writers who are accomplished poets as well as novelists - Piercy is one of the country's bestselling poets - she is also the master of many genres: historical novels, science fiction (for which she won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction in the United Kingdom), novels of social comment and contemporary entertainments. She has taught, lectured, and performed her work at well over 400 universities around the world.