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Elgin, Suzette Haden.
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Language and languages -- Fiction.
Languages, Secret -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
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Elgin, Suzette Haden.
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Languages, Secret -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
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Native
tongue
/ Suzette Haden Elgin ; foreword by Leni Zumas, afterword by Susan M. Squier and Julie Vedder.
by
Elgin, Suzette Haden.
Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION ELG
Subjects
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Languages, Secret -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
Series
Elgin, Suzette Haden.
Native
tongue
trilogy
; 1.
ISBN:
9781936932627 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
Second ed.
Description:
ix, 362 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Copyright c1984 by Suzette Haden Elgin; Afterword copyright c2000 by Susan M. Squier and Julie Vedder.
"Originally published in 1984 by DAW Books, Inc., New York."-- T.p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In 2205, the Nineteenth Amendment has been repealed and men hold absolute power. The Earth's economy relies on an insular group of linguists who "breed" women to become interstellar translators until they are sent to the Barren House to await death. But instead, these women are secretly creating a language of their own to reclaim their autonomy and make resistance possible for all."--Back cover.
Genre:
Dystopian fiction.
Feminist fiction.
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1
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION ELG
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Jul 21, 2024
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