{"product_id":"carmen-dog-peapod-classics-1931520089-used","title":"Carmen Dog (Peapod Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1931520089\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emshwiller, Carol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombines the cruel humor of Candide with the allegorical panache of Animal Farm.-Entertainment Weekly\"Carol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. Carmen Dog ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen.\"-Ursula K. Le GuinA rollicking outre satire.... full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.-BitchA wise and funny book.-The New York Times\"This trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of Animal Farm, Rhinoceros and The Handmaid's Tale.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark [Carmen Dog] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships.\"-Booklist\"Her fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate.\"-Publishers WeeklyThe debut title in our Peapod Classics line, Carol Emshwillers genre-jumping debut novel is a dangerous, sharp-eyed look at men, women, and the world we live in.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.Carmen Dog 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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67587363471648,"sku":"USED1931520089","price":11.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/916i1Q3r4fL_ebaa8c54-4522-4fb9-a109-14134ef43f8f.jpg?v=1790572869","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/carmen-dog-peapod-classics-1931520089-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}