Naomi Alderman’s The Power: A Speculative Feminist Dystopian Fiction Mirroring the Here and Now
By: Tuhin Shuvra Sen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjes-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2336-2685
Language: English
Page range: 135 - 147
Published online: Sep 13, 2022
Published in print: Jul 1, 2022
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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