Marge Piercy
Paperback | Pages: 376 pages Rating: 3.95 | 13504 Users | 906 Reviews
Specify Books To Woman on the Edge of Time
| Original Title: | Woman on the Edge of Time |
| ISBN: | 0449210820 (ISBN13: 9780449210826) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) |
Commentary In Pursuance Of Books Woman on the Edge of Time
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...List Appertaining To Books Woman on the Edge of Time
| Title | : | Woman on the Edge of Time |
| Author | : | Marge Piercy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 376 pages |
| Published | : | November 12th 1985 by Fawcett Books (first published May 1st 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Feminism. Time Travel. Dystopia |
Rating Appertaining To Books Woman on the Edge of Time
Ratings: 3.95 From 13504 Users | 906 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Woman on the Edge of Time
Holy crap, why didn't I read this ten years ago?This book took up my every waking hour while I was reading it, and indeed by the end I was having dreams about it too! Unfortunately my unconscious brain is not a good author, and the bits of plot I dreamed were rubbish! I loved reading about the utopian society, but I didn't read it entirely without misgivings. It was fun to wonder would things be better this or that way, but also I found myself wondering what exactly the author intended at some points. I mean, I know that Connie's observation
Disclaimer: The fact that I have to throw another time travel novel into my abandoned book locker may prompt me to be even more harsh in my comments than I should. I want to travel back in time to stop Marge Piercy from publishing this novel. There would be plenty of enjoyable things to see and do in 1976 New York -- experience the Bicentennial celebrations, watch the Cincinnati Reds sweep the Yankees in the World Series, check out Blondie perform at CBGB -- but erasing this novel from history
70's feminist tentative-utopia. As that genre goes, i really like this one. It comes more from the gender fluid/ androgyny positive side of things than the essentialist "women are more nurturing shit", which i liked. And i liked that the main character was a mad woman and that madness was well explored, if slightly simplistically at times. I don't like it's anti-cityness or certain aspects of uniformity that it espouses, but it's pretty tolerable for the traditions it adheres to. Those
This is one of those situations where I had it in my head that I had to read this my freshman year in college, but because I have a shitty memory, I couldn't actually remember any details so I figured it would be good to re-read it now. Except... I don't think I ever actually read this book. We may not even read this in school at all. Maybe we read something else by Marge Piercy.So it's good I took the time to read this now. Just in case I never actually did before.The story begins with
It's January 30th, so I'm shelving things I just can't face anymore.This has all the markings of something I should appreciate: alternate world byway of psychic connection, nontraditional middle-aged protagonist woman, social justice-y, criticism of gender norms and mental health institutions, plotless and without contrived action.But it's kind of blah. A book based on a lot of thought, but doesn't really foster much thinking. A then this, then this, then this kind of book. Moving on. Go away,
This book was first published in 1976 and recorded by audible in 2016. This shows that the book has some staying power since audible thought it was worth recording 40 years after publication. I have not read this book before now for unknown reasons. I am attracted by the author because of my recollections of her historic involvement with the War Resistors League and her progressive politics.I had very high expectations for this book which would've been hard to meet and in fact we're not met. The
0 Comments:
Post a Comment