Carmen Dog (Peapod Classics)

Carmen Dog (Peapod Classics)

<div><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></div>