Suzette Haden Elgin

Suzette Haden Elgin is the author of twelve science fiction novels, and numerous non-fiction works. She is widely known for her best-selling The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense and The Grandmother Principles. She is Professor Emeritusof Linguistics at San Diego State University and Director of Ozark Center for Language Studies in Arkansas.

‘I urge [Native Tongue] upon you … Elgin has carried current [views] on women to their ‘logical’ conclusion … She takes up everything from religion to sex. Above all, she understands that until women find the words and syntax for hat they need to say, they will never say it, nor will the world hear it … There isn’t a phony or romantic moment here, and the story is absolutely compelling’ – Women’s Review of Books

‘Less well known than The Handmaiden’s Tale but just as apocalyptic in [its] vision’ – New York Times Book Review.


Native Tongue is translated into German