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Woman on the Edge of Time

Marge Piercy

  • 381 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1976
  • 24 editions
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1 About this book

Woman on the Edge of Time is a 1976 feminist science fiction novel by American writer Marge Piercy. The novel was originally published by Alfred A. Knopf. Piercy draws on several inspirations to write this novel such as utopian studies, technoscience, socialization, and female fantasies. One of Piercy's main inspirations for her utopian novels is Plato's Republic. Piercy describes the novel as, "if only…".

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  • Mexican Americans
  • Mental health
  • Hispanic American women
  • Time travel

2 About Marge Piercy

Born 1936

Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Marxist social and political activism, and feminist ideals.

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