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I consider this book the best of U K LeGuin's works. The novel is a retelling of the Aeneid from the standpoint of his Latin wife, Lavinia. Elements of Fantasy but also I believe a realistic portrayal of the ancient time of the pre-Roman Latins. Good read!

>> No.12645406

>>12645298
Guess people on lit don't like U K LeGuin that much.

>> No.12645416

>>12645406
They don't like books that much tbphwy

Left Hand of Darkness was great, looking forward to getting round to The Dispossessed

>> No.12645432

>>12645298
Same. Excellent book.
I recently dove into The Wave in the Mind and loving it

>> No.12645459

>>12645416
Yeah great books!

>> No.12645468

>>12645432
Haven't read Wave in the Mind yet

>>12645432


>>12645432

>> No.12645490

>>12645432
Very erudite and wise woman...I will check The Wave in the Mind out!

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Why is this kind of shit so prevalent among modern female writers? Hackneyed fan-fiction of antiquity's great works from a female's perspective? At least when men do it, it's good (see: Hoelderlin's Hyperion).

>> No.12645653

>>12645577
Ok I know people make all sorts of claims here but those who know my family's ancient history have told me that I am descended from Sylvius of the Pointed Spear who was Aeneas and Lavinia's son. I LIKED Lavina and I wrote to Ursula that it was a good idea to give the Mothers of Rome their historical due. She is far from a hack writer - her works are very easy to read - the prose flows off the page and her subject matter is of great interest to many people.

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>>12645653
>I am descended from Sylvius of the Pointed Spear who was Aeneas and Lavinia's son

>> No.12645690

>>12645416
No 4chan lit seems to only like disturbed authors who are LGBTQ drug addicts who write misanthropic dense and unreadable prose and who hate any idea of God.

>> No.12645705

>>12645682
Well first time but probably not the last that someone cartooned me.

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>>12645577
>why are females starting with The Greeks?
How did you get here? You’re lost little fella

>> No.12645738

>classic literature but from the pov of the unfairly ignored female character
did she at least do it before it was a trend

>> No.12645767

>>12645738
Virgil came to her and asked her to finish it.