{"product_id":"carmen-dog-book-carol-emshwiller-9780916515775","title":"Carmen Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombines the cruel humor of \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e with the allegorical panache of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm.\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. \u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen.\u003cbr\u003e--Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rollicking outre satire. full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.--\u003ci\u003eBitch \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wise and funny book.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm, Rhinoceros\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. Imagination and absurdist humor mark  \u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is the funny feminist classic that inspired writers Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler to create the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572087726353,"sku":"GOR013702609","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/091651577X.jpg?v=1750819512","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/carmen-dog-book-carol-emshwiller-9780916515775","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}