Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller

Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller

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.

Carol Emshwiller is the author of many acclaimed novels and story collections, including Carmen Dog, The Start of the End of It All (winner of the World Fantasy Award), Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories, I Live with You and You Dont' Know It, and The Mount (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award and a Nebula Award finalist). She teaches in the NYU Continuing Education program, and divides her time between homes in New York City and California. Visit Carol online at www.sfwa.org/members/emshwiller.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780916515775
ISBN 10	091651577X
Title	Carmen Dog
Author	Carol Emshwiller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mercury House
Year published	1990-01-01
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.