Woman on the Edge of Time

Woman on the Edge of Time

Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercyâ‚¬s landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futuresâ‚¬"and 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.
Â
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 dignityâ‚¬"and 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.
Â
Praise for Woman on the Edge of Time
Â
â‚¬Å“This 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 Piercyâ‚¬s great work again or for the first time, it will remind you that we are creating the future with every choice we make.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Gloria Steinem
Â
â‚¬Å“An ambitious, unusual novel about the possibilities for moral courage in contemporary society.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Philadelphia Inquirer
Â
â‚¬Å“A stunning, even astonishing novel . . . marvelous and compelling.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Publishers Weekly
Â
â‚¬Å“Connie Ramosâ‚¬s world is cuttingly real.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Newsweek
Â
â‚¬Å“Absorbing and exciting.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Fawcett
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber new18-03-012016-b0303098
ReleaseDate 1985-11-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780449210826

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Fawcett
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new18-03-012016-b0303098
ReleaseDate	1985-11-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780449210826

Woman on the Edge of Time

You might also like...