Hello! I’ve recently been really enjoying books which almost feel like you’re reading a dream. Think of books like Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, and Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa.
Now, with the exception of Ogawa, nostalgia of the authors I’ve read so far with these style of books are male. And while I do love reading Murakami, he has on occasion made me wish for an author who could actually understand women and write them well.
So who are some good female authors who capture this same surrealist energy?
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The author Carmen Maria Machado. She writes very sexy, feminist, and weird stories. Some are available free on her website, and she also has a collection called Her Body and Other Parties published.
Rikki Ducornet – all her little novels count, but so far I probably liked *The Fountains of Neptune*, *The Plotinus,* and *Gazelle* the most
Leonora Carrington – *Complete Stories*, *The Hearing Trumpet*, for an actual Surrealist
Angela Carter – *Nights at the Circus*, everyone’s favorite psychedelic Dickensian feminist circus story
Leena Krohn – *Tainaron: Mail From Another City* – sort of like *Invisible Cities* but with more insects
Currently reading Sexing the cherry by Jeanette Winterson. Fits what you’re asking for so far.
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Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto and all her books. I enjoyed reading her Goodbye Tsugumi. One of my favourites.