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Article: The 10 most underrated lesbian books.(Recommended readings)
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- Curve
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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1. Two Serious Ladies, Jane Bowles: This early postmodern stunner features the eponymous two ladies: an uptight woman who becomes a courtesan and a wealthy woman who falls in love with a prostitute. Anais Nin was seriously jealous of Bowles, with good reason.
2. Nightwood, Djuna Barnes: Lyrical prose that cuts right to the heart of troubled relationships. This book, published in 1936, is dysfunctionally addictive enough that you'll devour Nora and Robin's love affair from the start to the elliptical, fascinating end.
3. The Passion of New Eve, Angela Carter: Published in 1977, this fantastical trans-dream of a novel calls into question gender, Hollywood ...