Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter

[ryl]

After the apocalypse the world is neatly divided.Rational civilization rests with the Professors in their steel and concrete villages; marauding tribes of Barbarians roam the surrounding jungles; mutilated Out People inhabit the burnt scars of cities

Comments

[philstar22]

Yes, this. And also, arousal doesn't equal consent. Nor does secretly maybe being interested in the rapist. The only thing that equals consent is actual consent.

[knittingknots]

I think I read this book when I was 15. I remember not liking the ending. But I have to be honest, the most memorable character in the book after all this time was not either the male or female protagonist, it was the nursemaid. That's kind of a pathetic statement about her book in and of itself....

[ryl]

A minor would be bored senseless halfway through the first chapter.

[lots42]

It would just attract more minors to read it.