Female Authors
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Pat Barker! How could I forgot her? I voted for her as best British living author. Her books are utterly overwhelming in their humanity. She's like a fiction version of Gitta Sereny.
trashpony
Hag
Vixen said:
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Completely agree about Atwood. I've just put Bodily Harm in the recycling pile. Very, very uremittingly depressing
As well as the Blind Assassin, I really liked the Robber Bride and Alias Grace too. Her short stories are also ace - I particularly recommend Bluebeard's Egg.
maya said:* Margaret Atwood- The Blind Assassin.
fantastic book- might take a while to get into, seems unnecessarily complicated and longwinded in the beginning (lots of viewpoint changes and many characters to remember), especially if you're not used to her style- but it grows on you, sucks you in...the language is beautiful, and the heroine definitely one to remember.
not a book to read many times perhaps, but one you'll never forget.
(actually, if you like this one i'd recommend you to have a look at all her novels, 'tis high-quality stuff.)
agreed, although I found it pretty straight foward, if you found this complicate wait until you read ulysses.
bruise said:
It was a reference to foo's tagline
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Accordingto the publisher blurb
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Not fiction, but very female writers
Re: Alias Grace - I know this is a really stupid thing to say but the fact I couldnt work out if she did it or not really bugged me. I really should reread it.
Other fab female authors for me:
Colette - her short stories, particularly the ones about the stage and the Claudine books
Anais Nin for smut material
Jeannette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry, and Oranges are not the only fruit
and I recently discovered Edith Wharton with The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, both of which I really enjoyed - lots of buttoned up passion and repressive society.
(this is a fab thread have just put a load of books on my Amazon list!)
Other fab female authors for me:
Colette - her short stories, particularly the ones about the stage and the Claudine books
Anais Nin for smut material
Jeannette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry, and Oranges are not the only fruit
and I recently discovered Edith Wharton with The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, both of which I really enjoyed - lots of buttoned up passion and repressive society.
(this is a fab thread have just put a load of books on my Amazon list!)
I second alias grace. I read it in my mid teens, and it change the way I approached novels. She sets a standard so high that others naturally fall away.
Julian may - pliocene exiles, the galactic milieu. The series blew me away when I read them, caution errs on not reading them again, though definitely worth a read if you've never encountered her before.
Julian may - pliocene exiles, the galactic milieu. The series blew me away when I read them, caution errs on not reading them again, though definitely worth a read if you've never encountered her before.
foo
dirtysweet
does anyone like Faye Weldon's novels?
i went through a real Weldon patch in my 20s - i liked her biting humour and bitterness.
i think i probably own nearly all her novels but i can't read them now. i find them intensely irritating. not helped by hearing her on Radio4 a few times and thinking she was a bit revolting really...
i went through a real Weldon patch in my 20s - i liked her biting humour and bitterness.
i think i probably own nearly all her novels but i can't read them now. i find them intensely irritating. not helped by hearing her on Radio4 a few times and thinking she was a bit revolting really...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The Regeneration Trilogy and Border Crossing. Not read the others yet.foo said:yep. i'm glad you like her too
what else has she written? there was a trilogy too wasn't there?
Orang Utan said:
deeply interesting books - i haven't read anything but that trilogy - what are the rest like? which one do i start with?
which is a question for those who rate - Toni Morrison - which novel would you recommend people start with if they haven't read any of her books? i'd be tempted with Jazz, but that's probably not a good start.
i guess another way to think about it is - they're only going to read one book so which one would it be most a tragedy not to have read
a friend tells me that I should give Banana Yoshimoto's other books another try. i can't remember which ones she said. any suggestions?
foo
dirtysweet
i haven't read any other Yoshimoto, so if you get any, gis a lend pls bruv.
as for Toni Morrisson, i can only think of Beloved at the mo (that is by her isn't it? )
getting back to Pat Barker. i hadn't realised The Eye in the Door was part of the trilogy
@ me. it's a stunning book. what's the other (last?) one called?
reading back through this thread, i'm oddly pleased to see the usuals/predictables, Bronte sisters and Austin, weren't trolllied out in first few posts....
as for Toni Morrisson, i can only think of Beloved at the mo (that is by her isn't it? )
getting back to Pat Barker. i hadn't realised The Eye in the Door was part of the trilogy
@ me. it's a stunning book. what's the other (last?) one called?reading back through this thread, i'm oddly pleased to see the usuals/predictables, Bronte sisters and Austin, weren't trolllied out in first few posts....
foo
dirtysweet
trashpony said:I used to like her but I haven't reread her books for a long time. She's got some dodgy views now afaik which has made me loathe to revisit them
yeh, i remember being quite shocked when i realised the twee, silly, highvoiced (not her fault i know
) prissy woman spouting some pretty revolting anti-feminist stuff on R4, was her.
trashpony
Hag
Vixen said:
Does anyone else find that really disappointing though? She wasn't a massive heroine of mine (always a bit too clever verging on bitchy) but she was saying stuff no one else did. And then she turns into a right old reactionary.
I always take it quite personally when that happens
/derail
foo
dirtysweet
trashpony said:Does anyone else find that really disappointing though? She wasn't a massive heroine of mine (always a bit too clever verging on bitchy) but she was saying stuff no one else did. And then she turns into a right old reactionary.
I always take it quite personally when that happens
/derail
so do i
and as i said above, i was very disappointed - and quite shocked.Weldon
Did you see the recent stuff she published? About women *never* having an orgasm and if they want a high-powered career then they should just have to put up with the fact that they'll have to fake it. Silly old lady.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863814,00.html
Did you see the recent stuff she published? About women *never* having an orgasm and if they want a high-powered career then they should just have to put up with the fact that they'll have to fake it. Silly old lady.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863814,00.html
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Re: Barker - Border Crossing is about a psychologist's relationship with a murderer. Sort of. Highly recommended. Re: Morrison - why not start with Jazz? It's mindblowing. Oh, and has no-one recommended Austen and Eliot yet? Their talent is awesome. And Woolf is conspicuous by her absence. I'm glad though cos she's not much fun to read even if she's due kudos for paving the way for others (male and female)
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