some examples are
* a god of small things: perspective of the twins in a small town in kerala
* remains of the day: perspective of the butler
any recommendations like the books above? stuff which will sit with you for a few days and you won't be able to stop thinking about the book and really beautiful writing styles. i also like it if the books like have a sociological aspect to it, it feels like it's holding a mirror to our privilege in life.
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*Horizon* –Barry Lopez
If you’re open to YA you might enjoy “Clap When You Land” by Elizabeth Acevedo – a novel-in-verse that compares life for two black female MCs, one living in the US, one in the Dominican Republic. And maybe a little less poetic, but I read “DoesnMy Body Offend You” for IWD and absolutely loved it – Puerto Rican girl moves to the US after Hurricane Maria.
For adult novels, I adored “Chorus of Mushrooms” (explores the lives of 3 generations of women in a Japanese/Canadian family – I loved the use of language)
On earth we’re briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. He’s a poet and you can tell when you read his novel, it’s beautifully written
*The Latehomecomer* and *Song Poet* by Kao Kalia Yang.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Re-reading it as an adult, the whole series sat with me for weeks after I’d finished it and made me look at the whole world so differently – beliefs, consciousness, systems of rules, religion etc. Gloriously written and wonderful story the whole way through.
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff did that for me – the writing style is beautiful, it transports you to the North American wilderness right at the beginning of European colonization, and it’s got a great story you can’t put down. It’s about an indentured servant girl who escapes from colonial Jamestown and makes her way north trying to survive on her own and find something better. Her life has always been one of survival, and I loved that instead of the ‘Hardy Pioneer Guys’ approach to the colonial era you’re focused on this woman who will never be in history book, that experience that’s been erased.