The Judas Rose, Suzette Haden Elgin
The Judas Rose, Suzette Haden Elgin
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The Judas Rose

Author: Suzette Haden Elgin, Rebecca Romney

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 17 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2019


Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, this classic dystopian trilogy is a testament to the power of language and women's collective action.

In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan—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 Láadan 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.

About Suzette Haden Elgin

Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Wilkins; 1936-2015) was an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and was considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. Elgin was also a linguist; she published nonfiction, of which the best-known is the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amie

I did not enjoy this second part in the Native Tongue Trilogy as much as the first, though I did enjoy it. It felt a bit slower, the fragmented story structure less coherent, its parts a bit drawn out. I also find it fascinating that there's no mention of homosexuality (so far) in the series, which......more

Goodreads review by Denise

This title manages to avoid a lot of standard middle-book-in-the-trilogy problems, and is eminently readable and enjoyable; it's very entertaining, and good to settle down in. If I have any particular quibble with it, it's that it's almost too settle-down-in-able; there are entire sections that are......more