Hi!
My gf loves books so I’m looking for some book suggestions.
She’s a lesbian, a feminist, cat mom and a classical & jazz musician. We live in Ireland but she’s from South Africa. She loves to read books about Ireland and our history. She loves thrilling/disturbing books as well as light hearted feel good books.
I’m mostly looking for good wlw books but books of any similarities of the details above would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
by gregdoucetteismydoc
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If she hasn’t read Dubliners by James Joyce yet, I’d highly suggest that. It’s got all the beauty and history of Joyce, but none of the literary trickery.
Another book that might work is Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. It’s an autofiction about a young mother becoming obsessed with an 18th century poet. Lots of feminist themes and historical perspectives.
Untamed, Glennon Doyle
Fiction:
*The Picture of Dorian Gray* by Oscar Wilde
*Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad*
*Fools and Mortals* by Bernhard Cornwell
*The Violinist of Venice: A Story of Vivaldi* by Alyssa Palombo
*Shogun: A Novel of Japan* by James Clavell
Non-Fiction:
*Irish Art* by Bruce Arnold
*Women, Art, and Society* by Whitney Chadwick
*Beethoven: The Music and the Life* by Lewis Lockwood
*Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician* by Christoph Wolff
*Vivaldi: Voice of the Baroque* by H. C. Robbins Landon
*Chopin: The Man and His Music* by James Huneker
*The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness* by John Waller
*Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane* by Andrew Graham-Dixon
I tried to factor in feminism and classical music here. The last one? Caravaggio’s life was like his paintings: dark, disturbing, and dramatic. I imagine him daring us to look away from the rawness of his art and the turmoil of his life, because he knows he’ll get us hooked.