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My sisters birthday is coming up and I want to try and get her reading something better than YA stuff, any recs ? Bonus points for something feminism related.

>> No.16148765
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Murakami is a good gateway author for YA fans

>> No.16148776

>>16148765
No

>> No.16148790

LotR or the Hobbit are my goto suggestions for younger readers who aren't big into literature (yet)

>> No.16148793

>>16148742
sappho wasn't real

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>> No.16148796

>>16148776
Why not

>> No.16148797

>>16148793
What island was she from again?

>> No.16148813

>>16148776
I respect your opinion butterfly, but I would like a reason as to why you disagree.

>> No.16148832

>>16148795
Thanks, I think she would like this one.

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>>16148796
Lesbos. Of course she was real.

>>16148813
Why do people complain about the bad choices women make in literature and then recommend a terrible author for this woman?

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>>16148832

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>>16148866
>Lesbos

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>>16148920
Yesh

>> No.16148940

>>16148866
How hard is she to read?

>> No.16148958

>>16148765
Murakami is a total hack.

>> No.16148998

>>16148940
Anne isn’t hard to read. This collection of Sappho isn’t hard either, just fragmentary.

>> No.16149743

>>16148742
something by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
maybe idk

>> No.16149761

First time I agree with the tranny on anything, truly a historic moment

>> No.16150810

>>16148927
not only 47 years old and posting on 4phlan
not only a tranny
but also a big weeb.

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>ywn watch anime with butterfly

>> No.16151387

>>16148742
what are her interests?

>> No.16151403

The Argonauts

>> No.16151417

>it’s another drunk tranny derails the thread and doesn’t contribute anything but vitriol

>>16148742
maybe hopscotch by cortezar

>> No.16151447

>>16148742
I’m going to get merked by /lit/ for this. My suggestion would be something by Angela Carter. Wise Children and The Passion of New Eve are my favourites by her.

>> No.16151491

>>16150810
Yes
No
Not really. Miyakazi is the best

>>16151417
What do you have against Anne Carson?

>> No.16151707

>>16148742
Tell her to check out D.H. Lawrence's work.
Also Virginia Woolf.

>> No.16151873

>>16151387
Painting, sewing, handiwork type stuff.

>> No.16151882

>>16151707
Thanks

>> No.16151924

>>16148742
Give her a creampie

>> No.16152266

>>16151873
ok, what about what is she interested in watching tv shows and movies about? Whatever that is she'll be intrested in books about the same things

>> No.16152300

>>16148742
Otto Weininger.