{"product_id":"the-judas-rose-9781936932641","title":"The Judas Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published in the 1980s, the Native Tongue trilogy is a classic dystopian tale: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea testament to the power of language and women's collective action. In the second book of the series, a covert female agent is sent to break up the resistance. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for L adan--the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy--to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into L adan, 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 inside.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A pioneering feminist experiment.\" --\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A welcome reminder of the feminist legacies of science fiction. . . . Explores the power of speech, agency, and subversion in a work that is as gripping, troubling, and meaningful today as it has ever been.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Suzette Haden Elgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671196758172,"sku":"9781936932641","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d9f3a2db-d6bc-4d99-80ea-b613b9f627bd.jpg?v=1603924806","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-judas-rose-9781936932641","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}