He, She and It: A Novel"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down."—Alice Hoffman In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions—and the ability to kill. . . . From the imagination of Marge Piercy comes yet another stunning novel of morality and courage, a bold adventure of women, men, and the world of tomorrow. |
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HE, SHE, AND IT
User Review - KirkusDespite a contrived subject—the parallel adjustment problems of a 21st-century cyborg and a 17th-century golem—the latest from Piercy (Summer People, 1989; Gone to Soldiers, 1987) boils down to a ... Read full review
He, she, and it: a novel
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis is Piercy's first full-fledged foray into science fiction, although Woman on the Edge of Time ( LJ 6/1/76) flirted with the genre. In the 21st century the world has been ravaged by environmental ... Read full review
Contents
| 1 | |
| 9 | |
| 17 | |
Through the Burning Labyrinth | 30 |
Fifteen Years Before The Day of Alef | 38 |
We Know Too Much and Too Little | 49 |
Under No Moon | 58 |
How Shall I Address You? | 70 |
By the Light of the Unyellow Moon | 114 |
The Same as Me | 124 |
Little Girl Lost | 131 |
The Son of Frankenstein | 141 |
To Die in the Base | 149 |
Malkahs Bed Song | 158 |
Base and Treble | 164 |
One Door Opens and One Door Closes | 171 |
Revising the Family Album | 74 |
Was This a Good Thing to Do? | 80 |
He She and It | 86 |
A Sea Change | 97 |
A Double Midwiving | 108 |
The Present | 177 |
Wine in the Middle of the Night | 190 |
Vignettes in the Daily Life of a Golem | 200 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | He, She and It: A Novel |
| Author | Marge Piercy |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307775224, 9780307775221 |
| Length | 448 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Literary Fiction / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk Fiction / Thrillers / Technological |
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