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The Women Could Fly

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"Megan Giddings's prose is brimming with wonder. "The Women Could Fly" is a candid appraisal of grief, inheritance, and the merits of unruliness," Raven Leilani

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Deborah Harkness, and Octavia E. Butler, The Women Could Fly is a feminist speculative novel that speaks to our times. A piercing dystopian tale about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her absent mother, set in a world in which magic is real and single women are closely monitored in case they are shown to be witches . . .

Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge, because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behaviour raises suspicions and a woman - especially a Black woman - can find herself on trial for witchcraft.

But fourteen years have passed since her mother's disappearance, and now Jo is finally ready to let go of the past. Yet her future is in doubt. The State mandates that all women marry by the age of thirty - or enrol in a registry that allows them to be monitored, effectively forfeiting their autonomy. At twenty-eight, Jo is ambivalent about marriage. With her ability to control her life on the line, she feels as if she has her never understood her mother more. When she's offered the opportunity to honour one last request from her mother's will, Jo leaves her regular life to feel connected to her one last time.

In this powerful and timely novel, Megan Giddings explores the limits women face - and the powers they have to transgress and transcend them.

  • Author: Megan Giddings
  • Manufacturer: Macmillan
  • Language: Angļu valoda
  • ISBN code: 9781035001583
  • Cover type: Hard cover
  • Year of publication:2022
  • Number of pages:288

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"Sievietes varētu lidot", kas atgādina Mārgaretas Atvudas, Deboras Hārknesas un Oktāvijas E. Batleres darbus, ir feministisks spekulatīvs romāns, kas runā par mūsu laiku. Caurspīdīgs distopisks stāsts par nesaraujamām saiknēm starp jaunu sievieti un viņas prombūtnē esošo māti, kas norisinās pasaulē, kurā maģija ir īsta un vientuļās sievietes tiek rūpīgi uzraudzītas, ja ir aizdomas, ka viņas ir raganas...

Džozefīne Tomasa ir dzirdējusi visas iespējamās teorijas par savas mātes pazušanu. Ka viņa tika nolaupīta. Noslepkavota. Ka viņa ieguva jaunu identitāti, lai izveidotu jaunu ģimeni. Ka viņa bija ragana. Šī ir visbīstamākā apsūdzība, jo pasaulē, kur raganas ir īstas, savdabīga uzvedība rada aizdomas, un sieviete - it īpaši melnādaina - var nonākt tiesā par buršanos.

Taču kopš mātes pazušanas ir pagājuši četrpadsmit gadi, un tagad Džo beidzot ir gatava atlaist pagātni. Tomēr viņas nākotne ir apšaubāma. Valsts nosaka, ka visām sievietēm ir jāprecas līdz trīsdesmit gadu vecumam vai jāreģistrējas reģistrā, kas ļauj viņas uzraudzīt, tādējādi faktiski zaudējot savu autonomiju. Divdesmit astoņu gadu vecumā Džo ir pretrunīgas sajūtas par laulību. Ar savu spēju kontrolēt savu dzīvi, viņa jūtas tā, it kā nekad nebūtu sapratusi savu māti vairāk kā šobrīd. Kad viņai tiek piedāvāta iespēja izpildīt pēdējo lūgumu, kas rakstīts mātes testamentā, Džo pamet savu parasto dzīvi, lai pēdējo reizi sajustu saikni ar viņu.

Šajā spēcīgajā un savlaicīgajā romānā Megana Gidingsa pēta ierobežojumus, ar kuriem saskaras sievietes, un spēkus, kas viņām piemīt, lai pārkāptu un pārvarētu tos.

"Meganas Gidingsas proza ​​ir brīnumu pārpilna. "Sievietes varētu lidot" ir vaļsirdīgs skumju, mantojuma un nepaklausības nopelnu novērtējums," Raven Leilani.

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