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Carmen Dog
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Series: Peapod Classics
Science FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN13: 9781931520089
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: Nov 1 2004
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.58 Depth: 7.16
Language: English
Combines the cruel humor of Candide with the allegorical panache of Animal Farm.--Entertainment Weekly
Carol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. Carmen Dog ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen.
--Ursula K. Le Guin
A rollicking outre satire.... full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.--Bitch
A wise and funny book.--The New York Times
This trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of Animal Farm, Rhinoceros and The Handmaid's Tale.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark [Carmen Dog] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships.--Booklist
Her fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate.
--Publishers Weekly
The debut title in our Peapod Classics line, Carol Emshwiller's genre-jumping debut novel is a dangerous, sharp-eyed look at men, women, and the world we live in.
Everything is changing: women are turning into animals, and animals are turning into women. Pooch, a golden setter, is turning into a beautiful woman--although she still has some of her canine traits: she just can't shuck that loyalty thing--and her former owner has turned into a snapping turtle. When the turtle tries to take a bite of her own baby, Pooch snatches the baby and runs. Meanwhile, there's a dangerous wolverine on the loose, men are desperately trying to figure out what's going on, and Pooch discovers what she really wants: to sing Carmen.
Carmen Dog is the funny feminist classic that inspired writers Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler to create the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.
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