{"product_id":"9781068661365-woman-alive","title":"Woman Alive","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoman Alive is a curious science fiction novel from 1936 by Susan Ertz. The book is set in London, in a dystopian future where only one woman is left alive after all others in the world are wiped out in a pandemic. This brand new edition is introduced by the acclaimed comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer Graham Norton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Ertz was a popular novelist of the interwar years, best known for her novel \u003ci\u003eMadame Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen as one of the first ten Penguin Books paperbacks in 1935; she also wrote \u003ci\u003eIn the Cool of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e - later adapted into a film of the same name in 1963 - starring Jane Fonda and Angela Lansbury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, one of her earlier titles - \u003ci\u003eWoman Alive\u003c\/i\u003e - is an important work in the canon of speculative fiction, until now largely forgotten among the works of her contemporaries such as George Orwell, H.G. Wells and Aldous Huxley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is set in 1985 and is at once a satire and a commentary on the rising threat of nationalism in 1930s Britain. The novel is cinematic in structure, conjuring a world in which feminisim and pacifism are woven together to tell the story of Stella - an accidental survivor who became queen of England and the hope of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe relevance of this novel to 21st-century society is of course heightened post-Covid-19. But at its heart it is a love story, a romance of sorts and a page-turner extraordinaire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57409003356534,"sku":"9781068661365","price":16.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40310040_c491b8e8-ac07-4e1b-9d47-25c3cafaa398.jpg?v=1773326829","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781068661365-woman-alive","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}