Tanya wrote:
>An exception is a novel I just read called "The Jigsaw Woman" by Kim
>Antineau (?). Its definitely post-modern in style, fragmented and
>non-linear. It contains a neat utopian past, before "Daddy" controlled all
>and spoiled all, but neatly avoids sentimentality because its protagonist
>is a smart assed, wise cracking and very witty woman. The book is about
>"a" woman who has been stitched together from various other (dead) women,
>and contains their memories and other memories of woman (usually
>suffering) through hsitory:
>dying in war, burning when accused of witchcraft, and suffering though
>sexual abuse.
>
>This novel deals only indirectly with technology: the Victor Frankenstein
>who stitches the woman together is trying to create a Barby Doll of other
>women's perfect parts (although moral absolutism and and stable grounds
>for judging others steadily retreats through the novel).
Hi, Tanya,
Your comments on the novel made me curious... Could you please give us some
more reference details? Thanks a lot,
Ildney
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