Lethem Mara Faye
Lethem Mara Faye - The Ally A Novel - Paperback
Lethem Mara Faye - The Ally A Novel - Paperback
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Description: When he first meets Najwa at a lecture by Siri Hustvedt - whom he's never read - our hero discovers a whole new world of feminist thought. Determined to impress her he sets out sincerely on his journey to allyship. His mother confides in him about the dreams she had to sacrifice because of the patriarchy and he laments the violence and oppression women face. But he can't help but notice that they're going about their activism the wrong way So our hero does what any good ally should: he gathers the worst of the macho men in town and begins a campaign to provoke the feminists. By 'putting them in their place with this phallic club - pelting demonstrators with raw eggs posting obscene threatening manifestos - he's convinced he can make women understand and get them to fight harder for the cause. Following him as his plan spectacularly fails The Ally mixes humour clever storytelling and hard - core feminist theory to lampoon the macho superiority complex and our modern gender wars.
Title: The Ally A Novel
Author(s): Lethem Mara Faye
Publisher: Other Press Llc
Barcode: 9781635422542
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: When he first meets Najwa at a lecture by Siri Hustvedt - whom he's never read - our hero discovers a whole new world of feminist thought. Determined to impress her he sets out sincerely on his journey to allyship. His mother confides in him about the dreams she had to sacrifice because of the patriarchy and he laments the violence and oppression women face. But he can't help but notice that they're going about their activism the wrong way So our hero does what any good ally should: he gathers the worst of the macho men in town and begins a campaign to provoke the feminists. By 'putting them in their place with this phallic club - pelting demonstrators with raw eggs posting obscene threatening manifestos - he's convinced he can make women understand and get them to fight harder for the cause. Following him as his plan spectacularly fails The Ally mixes humour clever storytelling and hard - core feminist theory to lampoon the macho superiority complex and our modern gender wars.
Title: The Ally A Novel
Author(s): Lethem Mara Faye
Publisher: Other Press Llc
Barcode: 9781635422542
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
