by Jeanette Winterson · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141036960
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«The Stone Gods» is the science fiction novel by Jeanette Winterson, published by Penguin in paperback, in English.
Billie Crusoe and Spike, a robosapien, fall in love as Earth heads towards ecological collapse. Assigned to colonize the Blue Planet, the mission goes awry and takes them to a remote past. Winterson combines science fiction and political critique in a reflection on love, loss and survival.
Originally published in 2007, this edition is from July 2008. The novel won the Premi Ictineu 2009 for best translated novel.
Will appeal to readers of speculative science fiction and dystopias who appreciate a story with ecological and political awareness.
Jeanette Winterson is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender and sexual identity, and her later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages. She also broadcasts and teaches creative writing.
