{"product_id":"carmen-dog-paperback-1","title":"Carmen Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Emshwiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combines the cruel humor of \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e with the allegorical panache of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. \u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen.\u003cbr\u003e--Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rollicking outre satire.... full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.\"--\u003ci\u003eBitch \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wise and funny book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm, Rhinoceros\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark  \u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is the funny feminist classic that inspired writers Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler to create the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Emshwiller is the author of the collections Report to the Men's Club, The Start of the End of it All, Verging on the Pertinent, Joy in Our Cause, and I Live With You, and the novels The Mount, Carmen Dog, Ledoyt, and Leaping Man Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.16 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472076161245,"sku":"9781931520089","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/amJsSlBUVWRVaFFRejdPbzVlc2NnQT09_906559cc-c33c-4ae7-872a-2961721b02fd.webp?v=1771716909","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/carmen-dog-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}