When She Woke: A Novel
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0096BS448
Publish date: September 18th 2012
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
38. WHEN SHE WOKE, BY HILLARY JORDANThis book was recommended to me as a “very enjoyable feminist book”. It was enjoyable, and feminist too, but it was not without its issues. It’s quite reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale, as many people who have reviewed this book have pointed out, but very naive i...
A dystopian future retelling of The Scarlet Letter, When She Woke had me hooked from the start. Hannah Payne has been "chromed"—or colored—red for her crime: abortion. This dystopian world is one in which religion has undergone a resurgence, and it now dominates politics in the United States. Those ...
Eine Sache muss ich unbedingt als Erstes ansprechen: die Übersetzung. Die Übersetzung ist grauenhaft - sinnverfälschend und manchmal sogar unfreiwillig komisch. Wenn Toiletten erröten und Hände aussehen wie Seesterne aus einer anderen Welt, dann ist etwas mächtig schiefgelaufen... Ich kann nur ganz ...
I should note that I love both Handmaid’s Tale and The Scarlet Letter. I LOVE them. It is telling that in her acknowledgements/thanks section at the end of the novel, Jordan does not mention The Scarlet Letter or the Handmaid’s Tale, both of which influenced this book. To be fair...
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