Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

a novel which is chilling, provocative and.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:02:37 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40337401 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Intelligent, thoughtfully constructed…perhaps the most important novel in the Piercy canon Time OutĪ fiercely brilliant writer. Marge Piercy’s characters are complex and very human Margaret Atwood More: she is the conscience Marilyn French Marge Piercy is the political novelist of our time. One of the most important novelists of our time Erica Jong 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. Gloria Steinemīoth absorbing and exciting New York Times Book Review 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. Genius.Marge Piercy is every bit as imaginative as H. She can see the future.įor fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and THE POWER, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic.

Her family has given up on her.īut Connie has a secret - a way to escape the confines of her cell.

The authorities view her as a danger to herself and to others. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercy's remarkable novel will speak to a new generation of readers.Ĭonnie Ramos has been unjustly incarcerated in a mental institution with no hope of release.

Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. 'She is a serious writer who deserves the sort of considered attention which, too often, she does not get.' MARGARET ATWOOD 'One of those rare novels that leave us different people at the end than we were at the beginning.' GLORIA STEINEM For fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy