The New Gulliver: Or, The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, Jr. in Capovolta : a novel

by Esmé Dodderidge

Book by Dodderidge, Esme

Genres: Science Fiction

247 pages, Loose Leaf

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[John Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book, written by a 20th century woman ahead of her time. The theme of role reversal between the sexes has been done may times, but this novel does it brilliantly, with both humor and passion. It is extremely clever and sensitive in its analysis of gender relations, by a woman who is capable of respecting men, and in my view is superior to many other efforts to tackle this theme, which often veer towards the crudest simplifications. Although not bad on the depiciton of sex, nowadays more attention would be placed on some aspects of female sexuality and on the possibility of gay sex.

I read this many years ago and it left such a good memory that yesterday i looked out for my old copy and read it again.

[Amanda Ure · Rating 5 out of 5]

The idea behind this book is beautifully simple. A man is lost in the atmosphere and discovers a new world where gender roles are reversed. There's not much more to say than that. Capovolta means "turned on its head". Most of the ideas work well and leave you questioning why things are the way they are in the real world with respect to gender roles.

[Pippa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite funny at times.