He, She and It
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He, She and It
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Narrated by:
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Lyssa Browne
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By:
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Marge Piercy
About this listen
In the middle of the 21st century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions - and the ability to kill.
From the critically acclaimed author of Woman on the Edge of Time comes another stunning novel of morality and courage. A Pygmallion tale for the modern age, this classic feminist speculative novel won the Arthur C Clark Award.
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Critic reviews
"Marge Piercy is every bit as imaginative as H. G. 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." (Gloria Steinem)
"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down. Every new novel by Marge Piercy is cause for celebration" (Alice Hoffman)
"Piercy’s vision of a post-greenhouse-effect, nuclear-blasted world interlaced with the Prague ghetto of 1600, and the efforts of certain people to stay human in both, is threaded with the questions: What is it to be human?... What does 'life' mean?... What are the limits of creativity? As always, Piercy writes with high intelligence, love for the world, ethical passion and innate feminism." (Adrienne Rich)
An Incredible story
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The dual overlapping story lines, the depth of the characters, the unexpected twists in the plot, the loveability of even the more annoying players, the obvious deep knowledge of Jewish / Kabbalah traditions and ideology, the power of the females, the psychological insights. I could go on and on!
I loved it and am sad it’s over.
A great entertaining read / listen and as good as Marge Piercy’s classic “Woman on the edge of time”, which I just listened to as well - after reading it in early eighties first.
What a story!!
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The Jewish history and the “story within a story” about a golem are really interesting and engaging. I like the way that Piercy contrasts the past and the future to find the common elements of human behaviour.
Unfortunately, Piercy three times uses the word “autistic” to indicate “subhuman” and devoid of empathy. This is such a shame as it really coloured the book for me as an autistic person. I like to think it can be chalked up to ignorance and is not a reflection of the writers true opinion about autistic folks, since she seems otherwise capable of deep empathy and imagination.
Great apart from a bit if ableist language
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amazing
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