· The Word for Woman Is Wilderness by Abi Andrews is a new kind of nature writing—one that crosses fiction with science writing and puts gender politics at the center of the landscape. Erin, a year-old girl from London sets out to live in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau. · The Word for Woman Is Wilderness by Abi Andrews | Editorial Reviews. Paperback $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up . "Abi Andrews gives us a resilient, vulnerable, and sharp-thinking character for her debut novel, yet it’s her strong feminist voice that makes The Word for Woman Is Wilderness an absolute must read It’s quick and smart and really just in a league of its own." ―Jaylynn Korrell, Independent Book Review/5(10).
Abi Andrews is a writer from the UK midlands. She studied at Goldsmiths college, and her work has been published in Five Dials, Caught by the River, The Clearing, The Dark Mountain Project, Tender and other journals, along with a pamphlet published with Goldsmiths Shorts. Her debut novel The Word for Woman is Wilderness was published by Serpent's Tail in February , in the US with Two. Book Description. Funny, frank and tender, The Word for Woman is Wilderness is an adventure novel with a difference. About the Author. Abi Andrews is a writer from the Midlands. She studied at Goldsmiths college, and her work has been published in Five Dials, Caught by the River, The Clearing, The Dark Mountain Project, Tender and other. More of a philosophical musing than a novel, The Word for Woman is Wilderness narrates the struggle of a young woman to find a place for herself in a world that idealizes masculinity and wilderness and that puts nature and humanity in direct opposition, necessitating the destruction of one or the other.
The Word for Woman Is Wilderness by Abi Andrews | Editorial Reviews. Paperback $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats. The Word for Woman is Wilderness, Abi Andrews Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on Ma by Mary Woodbury July 5, The many-colored themes and ideas in the book are themselves painted on complex and overlapping canvases – of feminism, in an age of wilderness, but a wilderness that has been warped as it becomes embedded in the Anthropocene. The Word for Woman is Wilderness. The following is from Abi Andrews' debut novel The Word for Woman is Wilderness. Erin, a year-old girl from middle England, is living in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau, to explore it from a feminist perspective. The book is Erin's fictional time capsule.
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