Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercyâs landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futuresâand what it takes to will one or the other into reality. Harrowing and prescient, Woman on the Edge of Time speaks to a new generation on whom these choices weigh more heavily than ever before.
Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignityâand now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a time of sexual and racial equality, environmental purity, and unprecedented self-actualization. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a society of grotesque exploitation in which the barrier between person and commodity has finally been eroded. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow.
Praise for Woman on the Edge of Time
âThis is one of those rare novels that leave us different people at the end than we were at the beginning. Whether you are reading Marge Piercyâs great work again or for the first time, itwill remind you that we are creating the future with every choice we make.ââGloria Steinem
âAn ambitious, unusual novel about the possibilities for moral courage in contemporary society.ââThe Philadelphia Inquirer
âA stunning, even astonishing novel . . . marvelous and compelling.ââPublishers Weekly
âConnie Ramosâs world is cuttingly real.ââNewsweek
âAbsorbing and exciting.ââThe New York Times Book Review
Categories:
- Business & Money
- Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Economics
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Author : Piercy, Marge
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :1997-06-23
Number Of Pages : 432
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 044900094X
ISBN-13 : 9780449000946
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 4.2 in x 6.8 in
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