- Mass Market Paperback: 315 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reissue edition (1 Jan 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553280643
- ISBN-13: 978-0553280647
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.3 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 437,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Poignant and profound… I’m deeply moved’
Stephen Donaldson
‘Lively, thought-provoking… the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise’
Ursula K. LeGuin
‘Shocking and entertaining… a wonderful fantasy which explores the role of the sexes’
Fear
‘It’s grand… one of the most involving, serious and deeply felt studies of the relations between the sexes that I have ever read’
Marion Zimmer Bradley
‘Tepper not only keeps us reading, she provokes a new look at the old issues’
Washington Post
‘Remember reading? Really reading, I mean – for knowledge, transformation, survival – that’s how I found myself reading Sheri S. Tepper’
Village Voice
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Classic fantasy from the amazing Sheri S. Tepper.
Women rule in Women’s Country. Women live apart from men, sheltering the remains of civilization They have cut themselves off with walls and by ordinance from marauding males. Waging war is all men are good for. Men are allowed to fight their barbaric battles… amongst themselves, garrison against garrison. For the sake of his pride, each boy child ritualistically rejects his mother when he comes of age to be a warrior. But all the secrets of civilization are strictly the possession of women.
Naturally, there are men who want to know what the women know… And when Stavia meets Chernon, the battle of the sexes begins all over again. Foolishly, she provides books for Chernon to read. Before long, Chernon is hatching a plan of revenge against women…
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I found this book spellbinding. the plot is great, the premise is great, but the real draw is the working through of highly political feminist ideas in a very matter of fact way. shall give this book to my daughter as soon as she hits the strop years.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
having read the two previous reviews of The Gate to the
Womens Country, I have to wonder if I read the same book? The one I
read was exciting, thoughtful, inventive and offered interesting
insights into the traditional sociological roles of men and
Womens Country, I have to wonder if I read the same book? The one I
read was exciting, thoughtful, inventive and offered interesting
insights into the traditional sociological roles of men and
women. Her characters are believably fallible, no stereo types
here! Sheri Tepper has a neat, quirky sense of humour, an eye
for absurities. This is a good read, hell it's a damm good read!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the big picture, this is the story of the struggles that a society headed by women face in a post-nuclear holocaust Earth. Inside the cities that have been established the women live; governing and working at their chosen trade. Seperated by the city walls are the garrisons, where Spartan type male warriors are taken from their mothers at the age of five to train in the ways of war. The contrasts between the two societies are great. The women continue to make scientific advances to try and recover what they lost before civilisation was destroyed while the men do war crave the power of past times and scheme to take over the cities from the women. There are also similarities between the two: they both feel the unfairness about the barriers surrounding them. In closer detail the book covers the life in particular of a a girl, Stavia. She suffers the removal of her brother at five, falls in love with a warrior and is eventually betrayed. There is much subterfuge throughout the book and many surprises. Sheri S Tepper Writes it well and creates a very melancholy atmosphere and although it does have the obligatory boy v girl element she shows both sides to the story.
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Such an eye opener!
This was the first Sheri S Tepper book I had ever read and it was such an eye opener! It completely poleaxed me and the ideas in it occupied my mind for a long time. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jess Montrose
The Gate to Women's Country
This was the first item that I ever ordered from here and it took nearly three weeks to arrive. I was not impressed and subsequently thought twice about ordering again. Read more
Published 18 months ago by pasquaj
well worth reading
This introduces such an interesting anlaysis of possiblities in male female relationships. It is though provoking and satisfying to read. Read more
Published 20 months ago by skd
The Gate To women's Country
I read this book many years ago and enjoyed it then, have just recently purchased a copy and am so glad i did, couldnt put it down once i had picked it up. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by K. Chard
sci-fi with tragical scope
this is the first Tepper novel I've read and I love the tragedy implied in the story. It's not only the references to the war of Troy, but also that when the victims of that war... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2003 by ex nihilo
costing me money
I've owned this book twice now, and twice carelessly leant it to other ppl and twice had it not returned. This must say something about it! Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2002
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