"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down."--Alice Hoffman In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions--and the ability to kill. . . . From the imagination of Marge Piercy comes yet another stunning novel of morality and courage, a bold adventure of women, men, and the world of tomorrow.

In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions - and the ability to kill... From the critically acclaimed author of Woman on the Edge of Time, comes another stunning novel of morality and courage. A Pygmallion tale for the modern age, this classic feminist speculative novel won the Arthur C Clark Award.

In the 21st century the world has been ravaged by environmental disaster and war, with much of the populace living in corporate domes. Depressed over child custody problems with her ex-husband, Shira Shipman returns to her childhood home, one of the few free Jewish towns. There she falls in love with Yod, an illegal cyborg created to defend the town against attack.

Two tales of humans vs. machines, one in the year 2059 of psycho-engineers and cyborgs, the other in 1599 of Jewish mysticism and a golem (artificial being).

The author of Summer People and Gone to Soldiers offers a haunting vision of the future America. The story of an illegal cyborg that is brought to life to protect one of the few remaing free towns is interweaved with the ancient story of a Jewish ghetto in Prague, where a golem is brought to life to protect the people.

In the middle of the 21 century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Environmental disasters have ravaged the planet's resources, and the world has been divided into corporate enclaves. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grow up. There she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions-and the ability to kill.

In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time.

The author of Gone to Soldiers presents a futuristic, feministic novel in the vein of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. In the 21st century, environmental disasters have ravaged the planet's resources and divided the world into corporate enclaves. Her young son taken from her by the corporation, a woman returns to the place where she grew up and meets a unique cyborg, implanted with intelligence, emotions--and the ability to kill.

Kærlighedsroman som foregår i Norika, det tidligere Nord Amerika, i det 21. århundrede.