![]() Those who know "The Yellow Wallpaper" but little else of Gilman's life will be thrilled. If the utopias a society produced are any index of its ills, then Herland nails our own." -Alix Kates Shulman " Herland is pure delight. ![]() Gilman not only presents a charming/rational vision, but she exposes the absurdities of sexism in a way that still stings after half a century. Probably the most exciting portrayal is the strength of motherhood divorced from the nuclear family." -Marge Piercy "Cheers to Ann Lane for rescuing this delightful fantasy from obscurity. ![]() Herland's real power now, as when it was published over sixty years ago, lies in its openness to what can still happen to us. As fascinating to women for what it omits entirely as for what it discovers and invents for us, it is a fast and invigorating read. " Herland is utopia with a smile, a gently, witty version of what women can be. So begins this sparkling utopian novel, a romp through a whole world "masculine" and "feminine", as on target today as when it was written 65 years ago. Unable to believe their eyes, they promptly set out to find some men, convinced that since this is a civilized country-there must be men. ![]() ![]() About the Book One the eve of WWI, three American male explorers stumble onto an all-female society somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth. ![]()
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