Authors: Marge Piercy
ISBN-13: 9780449220603, ISBN-10: 0449220605
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: January 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)
"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, emotionsand 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 this diverting tale of the 21st century, Piercy explores a world where information has become a commodity more precious than gold. (Mar.)