- Women, Secret Languages, Language and languages, Fiction
Called "fascinating" by the New York Times upon its first publication in 1984, Native Tongue won wide critical praise and cult status, and has often been compared to the futurist fiction of Margaret Atwood.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Suzette Haden Elgin
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- DAW, The Women's Press, Spinifex Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781876756055
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Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Wilkins) was an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. - Wikipedia
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