He, She and It
A Novel
Published on 24. November 2010
448 pages
978-0-307-77522-1 (ISBN)
Description
"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.
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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Marge Piercy has written seventeen novels including the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers, the national bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women, and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time, as well as He, She and It and Sex Wars; nineteen volumes of poetry including The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems 1980-2010, The Crooked Inheritance, and Made in Detroit; and the critically acclaimed memoir Sleeping with Cats. Born in center city Detroit, educated at the University of Michigan and Northwestern, and the recipient of four honorary doctorates, Piercy is active in antiwar, feminist, and environmental causes.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 - Shira: In the Corporate Fortress
- 2 - Shira: The Color of Old Blood
- 3 - Malkah: Malkah Tells Yod a Bedtime Story
- 4 - Shira: Through the Burning Labyrinth
- 5 - Shira: Fifteen Years Before: The Day of Alef
- 6 - Shira: We Know Too Much and Too Little
- 7 - Malkah: Under No Moon
- 8 - Shira: How Shall I Address You?
- 9 - Shira: Revising the Family Album
- 10 - Malkah: Was This a Good Thing to Do?
- 11 - Shira: He, She and It
- 12 - Shira: A Sea Change
- 13 - Malkah: A Double Midwiving
- 14 - Shira: By the Light of the Unyellow Moon
- 15 - Shira: The Same as Me
- 16 - Malkah: Little Girl Lost
- 17 - Shira: The Son of Frankenstein
- 18 - Shira: To Die in the Base
- 19 - Malkah: Malkah's Bed Song
- 20 - Shira: Base and Treble
- 21 - Malkah: One Door Opens and One Door Closes
- 22 - Shira: The Present
- 23 - Shira: Wine in the Middle of the Night
- 24 - Malkah: Vignettes in the Daily Life of a Golem
- 25 - Shira: Where the Elite Meet
- 26 - Shira: I Never Knew Her
- 27 - Malkah: A Burning Curiosity
- 28 - Shira: How Can We Tell the Dancer from the Dance?
- 29 - Shira: How Much Would You Mind?
- 30 - Malkah: The Robber's Mistake
- 31 - Shira: The Shape-Shifters
- 32 - Shira: Flashes and Dangerous Structure
- 33 - Malkah: Voices and Visions at Dawn
- 34 - Shira: One Lazarus, Two Lazarus
- 35 - Shira: Living with the Undead
- 36 - Malkah: The Maharal Embattled
- 37 - Shira: Desert Apples
- 38 - Shira: A Matter of Some Finality
- 39 - Malkah: The Battle at the Gates
- 40 - Shira: In Which a Log Is Split
- 41 - Shira: True Confessions and Public Turmoil
- 42 - Malkah: The Work of the Shadchen
- 43 - Shira: Bright Steadfast Star
- 44 - Shira: Lover Come Back
- 45 - Malkah: The Return of Joseph
- 46 - Shira: The Task of Samson
- 47 - Shira: Yod Communicates
- 48 - Malkah: Following After Chava
- 49 - Shira: Shira's Choice
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
