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An inverse The Handmaid's Tale that asks: What if women took over the world?
It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but eleven percent
of them, that is, the minimum required to avoid inbreeding. But they are safely under lock and key in "spa"
centers for women's pleasure (trained by amazons to fulfill all desires) and procreation. A few women protest
that the males should be treated better – more space, better food, but all agree that testosterone cannot be
allowed to roam free. The old patriarchal cities are crumbling, becoming overgrown; people now live in "round
communities." But if you prefer the slum, that's okay too. Religion has survived, sort of: women priestesses
speak in tongues, inspired by snake venom, as apples are passed around to the congregation. But all social
engineering has its costs...
Four different lives intersect: Medea, a tiny, long-haired witch and snake whisperer; Wicca, a young priestess
who excelled at the "self-pleasuring" curriculum in school and has lost her pregnant lover; Eva, a doctor working
in a spa center, and Silence, who lives in an almost abandoned convent. Each will discover the cracks in this
women's paradise.
Provocative, irreverent, and completely riveting, Eleven Percent-a #1 bestseller in Denmark-is the first novel
to appear in English by celebrated Danish author Maren Uthaug.
It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but eleven percent
of them, that is, the minimum required to avoid inbreeding. But they are safely under lock and key in "spa"
centers for women's pleasure (trained by amazons to fulfill all desires) and procreation. A few women protest
that the males should be treated better – more space, better food, but all agree that testosterone cannot be
allowed to roam free. The old patriarchal cities are crumbling, becoming overgrown; people now live in "round
communities." But if you prefer the slum, that's okay too. Religion has survived, sort of: women priestesses
speak in tongues, inspired by snake venom, as apples are passed around to the congregation. But all social
engineering has its costs...
Four different lives intersect: Medea, a tiny, long-haired witch and snake whisperer; Wicca, a young priestess
who excelled at the "self-pleasuring" curriculum in school and has lost her pregnant lover; Eva, a doctor working
in a spa center, and Silence, who lives in an almost abandoned convent. Each will discover the cracks in this
women's paradise.
Provocative, irreverent, and completely riveting, Eleven Percent-a #1 bestseller in Denmark-is the first novel
to appear in English by celebrated Danish author Maren Uthaug.