City Of Darkness, City Of Light: A Novel by Marge Piercy

Claire Lacombe escapes the grinding poverty of Pamiers by joining a traveling theatrical troupe as an actress. Defiantly independent, strikingly beautiful, she will become a symbol to many as she tests her theory: if men can make things happen, perhaps women can too.... Manon Philipon, a jeweler's daughter, worships Rousseau and the life of the mind. When she marries Jean Roland, a minor provincial bureaucrat, she finds she has a talent for politics--albeit as the ghostwriter of her husband's speeches, and the hostess of his salon.... Pauline Léon, owner of a chocolate shop in Paris, witnesses the torture and executions of common people who riot for bread. As the revolution gathers momentum, Pauline is certain of one thing: the women must apply the pressure, or their male colleagues will let them starve. And so the Revolutionary Republican Women are born....

Publisher:	Fawcett Columbine New York
Year:	1996
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9780449912683
Condition:	Good
Description:	Heavy; No DJ. Text block edge a little foxed.

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SKU: 1594526
Location: Fiction