The Gate to Women's Country - Softcover
In a futuristic society where the sexes are separated, men are warriors, and women cultivate the arts, Stavia disobeys the group's prohibitions by loving a man forbidden to her, setting the stage for a momentous decision
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‘Poignant and profound... I’m deeply moved’
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‘Lively, thought-provoking... the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise’
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‘Shocking and entertaining... a wonderful fantasy which explores the role of the sexes’
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‘It’s grand... one of the most involving, serious and deeply felt studies of the relations between the sexes that I have ever read’
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One of the great works of feminist SF, from the acclaimed author of Beauty and Grass.
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0593016041
- ISBN 13 9780593016046
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First British Edition; First Printing. Some reading creases and shelf wear, sunned spine, remains of sticker with associated small surface tear to rear cover, inkstamp to rear endpaper, paper lightly edge toned. ; First printing of Bantam UK paperback edition, 1989. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 288 pages; A post nuclear disaster world, where civilisation has regressed to the technological standards of Ancient Greece. Men live in military compounds outside the small cities, leaving the women with the work of keeping society afloat. The men believe they are protecting and controlling the women, but do the women have their own agenda and a set of different hopes for the future.?. Seller Inventory # 36344
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This novel has been compared in scope to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale". It tells of a society existing three hundred years after our own has nearly destroyed itself, where men and women are segregated. Passionate story. Some creasing to cover, top edges marked, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 000435
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