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Told as a series of interconnected stories, Jane Rule's fifth novel takes us to a place where feminism, creativity, and sexual politics collide. Contract with the World follows a group of friends, artists, and lovers as they negotiate the shifting terrain of the 1970s, a time when gay and lesbian politics were just emerging.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and character-led.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Jane Rule
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 339
- Publisher
- Insomniac Press, Naiad Press, Naiad
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781480429574
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Canadian writer of lesbian-themed novels and non-fiction
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