THE GATE TO WOMEN'S COUNTRY
Sheri S. Tepper
Bantam Spectra, New York, 1987
ISBN: 0-553-28064-3, $5.99 (paperback)
Since the falmes died three hundred years ago, human civilisation has evolved into a dual siciety:
Women's Country, where walled towers enclose what's left of past civilisation, nutured by women
and a few nonviolent men; and the adjacent garrisons where warrior men live - the lost brothers,
sons, and lovers of those in Women's Country.
Two societies. Two competing dreams. Two ways of life, kept apart by walls stronger than
stone. And yet there is a gate between them . . . .
"Tepper's cast of both ordinary and extraordinary people play out a powerful drama whose
significance goes beyond sex to deal with the toughest problem of all, the challenge of
surmounting humanity's most dangerous flaws so we can survive - despite ourselves." --
Locus
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