The Judas Rose by Suzette Haden Elgin

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Originally published in the 1980s, the Native Tongue trilogy is a classic dystopian tale: a testament to the power of language and women’s collective action. In the second book of the series, a covert female agent is sent to break up the resistance.

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In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Lรกadanโ€”the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchyโ€”to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the languageโ€™s reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Lรกadan, 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.

โ€œThis angry feminist text is also an exemplary experiment in speculative fiction, deftly and implacably pursuing both a scientific hypothesis and an ideological hypothesis through all their social, moral, and emotional implications.โ€ โ€”Ursula K. Le Guin

โ€œA pioneering feminist experiment.โ€ โ€”Literary Hub

“A welcome reminder of the feminist legacies of science fiction. . . . Explores the power of speech, agency, and subversion in a work that is as gripping, troubling, and meaningful today as it has ever been.” โ€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Judas Rose by Suzette Haden Elgin
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