Les Reines

by Emmanuelle Pirotte

This has to be one of the best books I've ever read--certainly the best fantasy since Ursula LeGuin, and equally thought-provoking. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where the follies male leaders have wrought has resulted in the hegemony of women and the worship of too-oft-offended Mother Earth, Queens has no fairies and no magic, only the clash of human psyches. Because--who knew?--women are just as given to cruelty and violence as men. Unless (you'll be left wondering) motherhood redeems their worser natures just a little. The lyricism of the writing and the profundity of its philosophizing will leave you breathless. If it weren't a genre book, this would be a literary classic. I wish I could say I'd written it!

519 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2022

About the author

Emmanuelle Pirotte est une historienne, scénariste et femme de lettres belge, née en 1968. Elle est la fille de Jean-Claude Pirotte. L'auteur vit actuellement à Ohey, non loin de Namur, en Belgique.

Reviews

[N.L. Holmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has to be one of the best books I've ever read--certainly the best fantasy since Ursula LeGuin, and equally thought-provoking. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where the follies male leaders have wrought has resulted in the hegemony of women and the worship of too-oft-offended Mother Earth, Queens has no fairies and no magic, only the clash of human psyches. Because--who knew?--women are just as given to cruelty and violence as men. Unless (you'll be left wondering) motherhood redeems their worser natures just a little. The plot may be familiar, indeed archetypal, but the lyricism of the writing and the profundity of its philosophizing will leave you breathless. If it weren't a genre book, this would be a literary classic. I wish I could say I'd written it!

[ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pas fini, impossible de dépasser les 200 pages
- c’est chiant à lire
- pourquoi une ENFANT est courtisée par des gros gaillards de 21 et 30 ans
- une meuf qui raconte qu’elle a été droguée et pénétrée (violée, donc) et qu’elle a aimé ????

Emmanuelle quelle déception

[Verress · Rating 2 out of 5]

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