ISBN: 1618730037 9781618730039

Category: Fiction / Literary

Page count: 148

<p>“Combines the cruel humor of <i>Candide</i> with the allegorical panache of <i>Animal Farm.</i>”—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></p><p>"Carol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. <i>Carmen Dog</i> ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen."<br>—Ursula K. Le Guin</p><p>“A rollicking outre satire.... full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.”—<i>Bitch </i></p><p>“A wise and funny book.”—<i>The New York Times</i></p><p>"This trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of <i>Animal Farm, Rhinoceros</i> and <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark [<i>Carmen Dog</i>] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships."—<i>Booklist</i></p><p>"Her fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate."<br>—<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><i>Carmen Dog</i> is the funny feminist classic that inspired writers Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler to create the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.</p>