Ammonite

图书标准信息

• 作者 Nicola Griffith（尼古拉·格里菲思） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2002-04
• ISBN 9780345452382
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Changeordie.ThesearetheonlyoptionsavailableontheplanetJeep.Centuriesearlier,adeadlyvirusshatteredtheoriginalcolony,killingthemenandforeveralteringthefewsurvivingwomen.Now,generationsafterthecolonyhaslosttouchwiththerestofhumanity,acompanyarrivestoexploitJeep–anditsforcesfindthemselvesfightingfortheirlives.Terrifiedofspreadingthevirus,thecompanyabandonsitsemployees,leavingthemafraidandisolatedfromthenatives.Inthefaceofthiscrisis,anthropologistMargheTaishanarrivestotestanewvaccine.Assherisksdeathtouncoverthewomen'sbiologicalsecret,shefindsthatshe,too,ischanging–andrealizesthatnotonlyhasshefoundahomeonJeep,butthatshealonecarriestheseedsofitsdestruction...

Ammoniteisanunforgettablenovelthatquestionstheverymeaningsofgenderandhumanity.AsreadersshareinMarghe'sjourneythroughanalienworld,theytooembarkonaparalleljourneyoffascinatingself-exploration.