Eleven Percent, Maren Uthaug
Eleven Percent, Maren Uthaug
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Eleven Percent

Author: Maren Uthaug, Caroline Waight

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/22/2025

Categories: Fiction, Feminist, Dystopian


Synopsis

An inverse The Handmaid’s Tale that asks: What if women took over the world? "Emotionally enthralling and intellectually stimulating."—Booklist It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but eleven percent of them, that is, the minimum required to avoid inbreeding. But they are safely under lock and key in “spa” centers for women’s pleasure (trained by amazons to fulfill all desires) and procreation. A few women protest that the males should be treated better – more space, better food, but all agree that testosterone cannot be allowed to roam free. The old patriarchal cities are crumbling, becoming overgrown; people now live in “round communities.” But if you prefer the slum, that’s okay too. Religion has survived, sort of: women priestesses speak in tongues, inspired by snake venom, as apples are passed around to the congregation. But all social engineering has its costs... Four different lives intersect: Medea, a tiny, long-haired witch and snake whisperer; Wicca, a young priestess who excelled at the “self-pleasuring” curriculum in school and has lost her pregnant lover; Eva, a doctor working in a spa center, and Silence, who lives in an almost abandoned convent. Each will discover the cracks in this women's paradise. Provocative, irreverent, and completely riveting, Eleven Percent—a #1 bestseller in Denmark—is the first novel to appear in English by celebrated Danish author Maren Uthaug.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sofie Amalie on December 22, 2022

What the fuck. Tror det var godt, men what the fuck.......more

Goodreads review by Alice on August 09, 2023

Messed up and thought provoking. Extra points for having weird magical menstrual blood cookies in it.......more

Goodreads review by Alex.andthebooks on December 31, 2024

3.75/5 Lubię, gdy osobne historie w książkach sprytnie się przeplatają. W tym roku przeczytałam już kilka książek, w których obraz kobiet przeplata się z nowym porządkiem świata i tu również było intrygująco......more

Goodreads review by Cecilia on March 31, 2023

Jeg havde ærlig talt ønsket, at jeg kunne lide den mere. For præmisset er sjovt og jeg er utrolig glad for de lidt atypiske hovedpersoner, som ellers ALDRIG var blevet hovedroller i så mange andre fortællinger. Tykke kvinder, ældre kvinder, queers, præste og hekse. Det er så skønt at læse. Men så st......more

Goodreads review by Torben on October 30, 2022

Jeg må indrømme at Maren Uthauge skuffer mig i sin seneste roman 11%. Tankeeksperimentet er ellers interessant nok, men jeg føler udførelsen er overfladisk gennemført og historien uden mål og retning. Jeg er kæmpe fan af hendes seneste roman 'En lykkelig slutning' og på den vis kunne 11% næsten kun s......more