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What are some good women authors that aren't anglo or black?

>> No.18985612
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>Carson McCullers
>Sylvia Plath

I hope this isn't a bait thread op and you do have a sincere interest in reading female authors.

>> No.18985616

Women are cute, women should wear burkas unless they want to be reduced to their cuteness because it overwhelms anything else about them

>> No.18985630

>>18985612
I do! I have mostly read about depressed young men (for obvious reasons) and looking to expand my reading a bit.

>> No.18985693

>>18985630
Sorry then lol /lit/ has made me very cynical about threads involving women. But Sylvia Plath is a depressed woman so if you want to stay in that vein I think The Bell Jar would be perfect to start with. Also as a depressed young man as well The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is my favourite book, it's not as focussed on women as The Bell Jar but it's a very lonely book nonetheless. McCullers always circles her novels around really grotesque characters and the struggles and fears in expressing emotion.

Anyway hope you feel better soon op books are one of the best copes I've found.

>> No.18985705

>>18985601
Clarice Lispector
Leonora Carrington
Elsa Morante

>> No.18985712

>>18985601
Elsa Morante

>> No.18985743

>>18985601
isabel allende

>> No.18985921

>>18985601
Anna Maria Ortese
Isabella Santacroce

>> No.18985952

>>18985601
Duras
Jaeggy
Darrieussecq

>> No.18985968

>>18985601
Shakespeare

>> No.18986018

>>18985968
Op said not black

>> No.18986218

>>18985705
>>18985712
>>18985921
Italybros, I am learning Italian, which authors are easy to read? Already aware of Buzzati.

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>> No.18986537

>>18986530
Should have said, Amy Tan.
Rarely spoken of here

>> No.18986540

Anne Frank

>> No.18986542

>>18985601
I would like to dab the head of my cock on those lips.

>> No.18986562
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This book is amazing, it explores the dark side of human nature. Gritty, disgusting, real

>> No.18986719

>>18986218
One of my favorites and an underrated gem, even in Italy, is Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi. It is somewhat experimental in form and contains a lot of references but is nevertheless both accessible and a great read. Although I'm personally not a huge fan, Pavese is quite accessible. So is Moravia, Morante's husband, though in my opinion the lesser writer compared to Morante. Pasolini is also quite good.

If you're really looking for an accessible read in terms of language, I would probably save Buzzati for later.

>> No.18986735

>>18986719
Kill yourself, faggot

>> No.18986765

>>18986719
thanks, will take a look at them

>>18986735
What the fuck did he do?

>> No.18986771

>>18986735
Nothing wrong with being a faggot we're an inclusive community here.

>>18986530
Fucking dyke

>> No.18986779

>>18986719
Shit taste and opinions

>> No.18986783

>>18986765
Pasolini was a homosexual, I imagine that's what set him off.

By the way, you should also check out Bufalino. And if you're interested in mythology, Calasso.

>> No.18986807

>>18986783
I found Calasso to be unbelievably obnoxious, and nowhere near as intelligent as he thought himself to be. I hate the word pretentious, but I have no other way o succinctly describe the fag. Bufalino looks interesting though.
Who, of the ones you mentioned, do you think has he simplest vocabulary?

>> No.18986822

>>18985601
Victoria Ocampo, Liliana Bodoc, Leila Guerriero.

>> No.18986833

Marguerite Duras

>> No.18986836

>>18986807
Moravia mainly used common language, so did Pasolini, mainly in his early work. Both were very left-leaning and it shows in their work. Not like they're shoving it down your throat but it's still quite apparent, so I guess you have to be into that.

>> No.18986844

>>18985601
River of Fire by Qurratulain Hyder

>> No.18986888

>>18985601
Mavis Gallant and Marie-Claire Blais (French Canadians; you can think of them as making up for the fact Canada also produced Margarate Atwood).

Not high-tier lit, but I enjoyed reading Yoko Ogawa (Revenge) and Natsuo Kirino (Real World) earlier this year. Ogawa is great at tone and Kirino really captured the mindset of frivolous/narcissistic high school girls.

Here's a lecture on Blais: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fi8tzG7BrM
Here's one on Gallant: https://youtu.be/p-jFd4zYSDo

>> No.18986906

Flannery O'Connor
Willa Cather
Dorothy Parker
Donna Tartt's feet

>> No.18987325

>>18985601
Banana Yoshimoto

>> No.18987327

Did someone mention Donna Tartt's feet

Has a picture of Donna Tartt's feet been found

>> No.18987333

>>18985693
>Heart is a Lonely Hunter is my favourite book,
Holy based. Who's your favourite character?

>> No.18987360

>>18986771
Kek

>> No.18988484

>>18987333
I loved Mick the best. The way she interacted with the world and the thoughts and fears she had resonated with me the most even thought she was a young girl I feel like I'm in a similar position in my early 20's where I don't know what I want from life and I don't even know what's realistic for me to get

I think being such a young character was good though because she wasn't sexualised too much so she was still a very innocent character and I guess she hadn't been beaten by the world just yet. The slow process of being grinder down and made cynical broke my heart lol. All the other characters were still likeable but had flaws that weren't as forgiving or sympathetic with the exception of Biff who I think was more of a narrator to give perspective. It will be interesting if I read it in another 10 years what I'll make of it though it really is a great book.

>> No.18989800

>>18985601
Isabel Allende
Willa Cather
Joan Didion
Jhumpa Lahiri
Ursula K. Le Guin
Carson McCullers
Flannery O'Connor
Dorothy Parker
Sylvia Plath
Arundhati Roy
Susan Sontag
Susan Steinberg
Donna Tartt
Eudora Welty

>> No.18989802

>>18985612
also Flannery O'Connor

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Anna de Noailles
Louise Labé
Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite de Navarre
Georges Sand
Colette

>> No.18990834

>>18990788
Also
Catherine Pozzi
Mme. de Lafayette
Mme. de Sévigné
Mme. d'Aulnoy
Christine de Pisan
Marie de France
Germaine de Staël
Mme. de Scudéry
Mme. de Genlis

>> No.18990852

>>18985601
Shirley Jackson.

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María Ruiz de Burton

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>>18985612
>Sylvia Plath

>> No.18991679

>>18985601
>What are some good women authors
none

>> No.18991683

>>18991679
There's a lot of good suggestions in this thread, might want to check them out hehe :)

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>>18991673
>stupid frog poster adding nothing to the conversation

You are the reason /lit/ sucks

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>>18991820
niggers aren't human