Judas Rose

Judas Rose Synopsis

In this dystopian science fiction classic set in a world where women have no rights, the patriarchy sends a covert female agent totake down the resistance.In the second entry of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Ladanthe secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchyto empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Ladan, and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are tasked to spread the language. But when outraged priests detect their sabotage, they send a double agent to infiltrate and destroy the movement from the insideOriginally published in the 1980s, the Native Tongue trilogy is a classic dystopian tale:a testament to the power of language and womens collective action.';This angry feminist text is also an exemplary experiment in speculative fiction, deftly and implacably pursuing both a scientific hypothesis and an ideological hypothesis through all their social, moral, and emotional implications.'Ursula K. Le Guin';Less well known thanThe Handmaids Talebut just as apocalyptic in their visionNative Tonguealong with its sequelThe Judas Rose. . . record female tribulations in a world wherewomen have no public rights at all. Elgins heroines do, however, have one set of weaponswords of their own.'Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar,New York Times Book Review';Apioneering feminist experiment.'Literary Hub';A welcome reminder of the feminist legacies of science fictionExplores the power of speech, agency, and subversion in a work that is as gripping, troubling, and meaningful today as it has ever been.'Publishers Weekly(starred review)

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