Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York - Couverture souple

Piercy, Marge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060789875 ISBN 13 : 9780060789879

Editeur : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2006

Synopsis

Life is hard in post-Civil War New York, but change is in the air. Women are agitating for the vote and other rights. Immigrants are pouring into the city, bringing a new spirit in their wake. Among them is Freydeh, who lives in a tiny tenement flat with eight others and works at as many jobs as she can handle in hopes of raising enough money to bring her beloved family over to America from Russia. And she has a dream: someday, she will own a place and a business of her own. Then she receives a letter - many months after it was first posted - containing devastating news: her parents have died in a cholera epidemic. After their death, Freydeh's sister set off to America without them, all by herself, and according to the letter would have arrived in the port of New York many months earlier. Freydeh is horrified and terrified for her little sister, who appears to be adrift somewhere in the city. Freydeh puts everything else aside and launches a search to find her, which turns into something of a hunt for a needle in a haystack. Interweaved with Freydeh's story is a vividly wrought account of the suffragette movement and the fight to secure women's rights.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Post–Civil War New York City is the battleground of the American dream. In this era of free love, emerging rights of women, and brutal sexual repression, Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish immigrant, toils at different jobs to earn passage to America for her family. Learning that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city, she begins a determined search that carries her from tenement to brothel to prison—as her story interweaves with those of some of the epoch's most notorious figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Susan B. Anthony; sexual freedom activist Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president; and Anthony Comstock, founder of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, whose censorship laws are still on the books.

In the tradition of her bestselling World War II epic Gone to Soldiers, Marge Piercy once again re-creates a turbulent period in American history and explores changing attitudes in a land of sacrifice, suffering, promise, and reward.

Revue de presse :

“Rich...Piercy powerfully dramatizes the early feminists’ zeal and the high stakes of the gender wars.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A novel that will please historical fiction fans.” (Library Journal)

“Piercy does beautifully render some of the details of women’s lives in the 1860s.” (Naomi Wolf in ELLE)

“Fascinating and only too relevant...Piercy has a gift for conjuring the texture of an historical era.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Succeeds remarkably in bringing history textbook characters to fully realized, fiery and memorable life.” (Hartford Courant)

“A riveting account...gripping, informative and haunting.” (Tapestry magazine)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060789875
• ISBN 13: 9780060789879
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432