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Tepper, Sheri S.
Subjects
Women -- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
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Tepper, Sheri S.
Women -- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
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The
gate
to
women
's
country
/ Sheri
S
. Tepper.
by
Tepper, Sheri
S
.
Bantam Books, 1989.
Call #:
FICTION TEP
Subjects
Women
-- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780553280647 (mass pbk.)
0553280643 (mass pbk.)
Description:
328 p. ; 18 cm.
Summary:
"Classic fantasy from the amazing Sheri
S
. Tepper.
Women
rule in
Women
's
Country
.
Women
live apart from men, sheltering the remains of civilization. They have cut themselves off with walls and by ordinance from marauding males. Waging war is all men are good for. Men are allowed to fight their barbaric battles amongst themselves, garrison against garrison. For the sake of his pride, each boy child ritualistically rejects his mother when he comes of age to be a warrior. But all the secrets of civilization are strictly the possession of
women
. Naturally, there are men who want to know what the
women
know! And when Stavia meets Chernon, the battle of the sexes begins all over again. Foolishly, she provides books for Chernon to read. Before long, Chernon is hatching a plan of revenge against
women
!"--From publisher.
Genre:
Fantasy fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
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Central Library
Adult Fantasy Fiction
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