The Passion of New Eve (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Angela Carter
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—feminist
- Time of Work: The 1970’s and the future
- Setting: London, England, and the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Pregnancy, Rape, Feminism, Christ figures or saviors, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: United States, London, England
The Plot
Evelyn, an Englishman, flies to New York, where he encounters Leilah, a beautiful black exotic dancer who totters on six-inch heels. When she becomes pregnant, an abortion leaves her sterile.
Evelyn then drives to the southwestern deserts, where he is captured by a squad of women and taken to an underground city ruled by Mother. At the center of the womblike caverns, Evelyn finds the black woman-goddess-ruler, a prodigious figure more than twice his size, wearing a false beard and possessing four nipples. After Evelyn is forced to copulate with her, his semen is...
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