Troublesome bodies

Descrição
Literature featuring characters who are seen as physically different or non-conforming. For this list, I'm less interested in explicitly disability awareness fiction, but more in how authors have thematized this "otherness" (for better or for worse).
1
The Glass Menagerie
por Tennessee Williams
6,572 membros
70 críticas
½ 3.7
4 Members
spiphany, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
por Victor Hugo
14,151 membros
176 críticas
3.9
3 Members
spiphany, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Of Human Bondage
por W. Somerset Maugham
8,459 membros
146 críticas
4.1
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Fifth Child
por Doris Lessing
2,392 membros
76 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Clan of the Cave Bear
por Jean M. Auel
12,741 membros
286 críticas
3.9
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Explicações
spiphany: The shaman who raises Ayla is partly crippled; Ayla herself has difficulty being accepted by the Neanderthal clan due to her physical difference from them.
6
Stones from the River
por Ursula Hegi
4,682 membros
68 críticas
4
2 Members
dara85, spiphany
7
Ethan Frome
por Edith Wharton
9,488 membros
214 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
8
The English Patient
por Michael Ondaatje
11,546 membros
174 críticas
3.9
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
9
The Tin Drum
por Günter Grass
7,586 membros
93 críticas
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
10
Gertrude
por Hermann Hesse
1,027 membros
11 críticas
3.8
2 Members
alex68, bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Lame composer, pitied but not loved by the one who matters most.
11
The Mill on the Floss
por George Eliot
8,698 membros
119 críticas
3.8
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
12
Royal Highness
por Thomas Mann
599 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.5
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
Explicações
spiphany: The prince's left arm is crippled from birth, complicating royal appearances in public.
13
A Prayer for Owen Meany
por John Irving
18,093 membros
327 críticas
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
14
The Dwarf
por Pär Lagerkvist
1,099 membros
26 críticas
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
15
A Personal Matter
por Kenzaburō Ōe
1,877 membros
37 críticas
3.8
Member
alex68
16
Stuck in Neutral
por Terry Trueman
1,183 membros
88 críticas
3.9
Member
dara85
17
En levande själ : roman
por P. C. Jersild
99 membros
2 críticas
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Extreme disability, very extreme, as scientific experiment.
18
Remainder
por Tom McCarthy
1,290 membros
45 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Protagonist is to others a both generous and bizrre rich person because he is dealing, secretly, with severe amnesia that makes him seem so.
19
The Girls
por Lori Lansens
2,358 membros
139 críticas
3.9
Member
dara85
20
The Secret of My Face
por Karen Ardiff
9 membros
2
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Woman with hare lip given the not unopposed choice of corrective surgery.
21
De Sade's Valet
por Nikolaj Frobenius
114 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.3
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Non-functional pain receptors, in this case a helpful disability.
22
Truth and Consequences
por Alison Lurie
241 membros
6 críticas
3.2
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Sometimes debilitating back pain that colours and perhaps leads to relationships with other people.
23
Angle of Repose
por Wallace Stegner
5,455 membros
182 críticas
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
24
The Eyes of Max Carrados
por Ernest Bramah
48 membros
1 crítica
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Blind detective forever surprising others with his perception in surprisingly enjoyable stories.
25
Born Twice
por Giuseppe Pontiggia
242 membros
10 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
26
Passion
por Igino Ugo Tarchetti
144 membros
4 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Love object suffers from same ailment as the one in Beware of Pity, also on list. Both novels written before 'attention-seeking' came into use.
27
Johnny Got His Gun
por Dalton Trumbo
3,695 membros
75 críticas
4.2
Member
alex68
28
The Gargoyle
por Andrew Davidson
4,062 membros
281 críticas
4
Member
spiphany
29
Slow Man
por J. M. Coetzee
2,033 membros
50 críticas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
30
Company of Liars
por Karen Maitland
1,717 membros
115 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Features one character with a facial scar and missing eye, one with a deformed arm, and an albino.
31
The Obscene Bird of Night
por José Donoso
851 membros
13 críticas
4
Member
spiphany
32
The Sand Child
por Tahar Ben Jelloun
609 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Female child raised as a man because of the father's desire for a male heir; the disparity between physical body and social gender are a source of conflict for the protagonist.
34
Flight to Afar
por Alfred Andersch
503 membros
4 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the main characters suffers from a poorly healed amputation from the war.
35
Warrior Scarlet
por Rosemary Sutcliff
441 membros
5 críticas
3.8
Member
spiphany
36
The Centaur in the Garden
por Moacyr Scliar
230 membros
3 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Narrator is a centaur; this is treated realistically (i.e., as a birth defect/mutation) rather than as a fantasy element.
37
A Dream in Polar Fog
por Yuri Rytkheu
212 membros
10 críticas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Canadian trader loses most of his fingers to frostbite and is taken in by the Chukchi people of the far north.
38
Tides
por Eduard von Keyserling
201 membros
4 críticas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the characters, Knospelius, is described as being hunchbacked.
39
The Witch's Brat
por Rosemary Sutcliff
185 membros
7 críticas
3.8
Member
spiphany
40
The Gaze
por Elif Shafak
168 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
41
The Phoenix
por Henning Boëtius
116 membros
3 críticas
2.9
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Protagonist was badly burned/disfigured during the Hindenburg disaster.
42
Swan's Wing
por Ursula Synge
74 membros
1 crítica
4.2
Member
spiphany
43
Vom Wasser: Roman
por John von Düffel
55 membros
1 crítica
4.1
Member
spiphany
44
Caesars Druide
por Claude Cueni
48 membros
3 críticas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Historical novel set in Roman-era Germania. Protagonist has a muscular disorder that makes it difficult to walk.
45
A Gorda (Portuguese Edition)
por Isabela Figueiredo
35 membros
1 crítica
4
Member
spiphany
46
Der Halbbart
por Charles Lewinsky
14 membros
2 críticas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the central characters is a newcomer to the village who has a badly scarred face.
47
Die Zunge
por Lea Singer
12 membros
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Protagonist was born with malformed hands in revolutionary-era France; becomes a famous gourmet and critic of the arts.
48
Der Buckel
por Hugo Loetscher
10 membros
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Story collection featuring multiple characters with physical differences, including a hunchbacked dwarf.
49
Manger l'autre
por Ananda Devi
8 membros
1 crítica
5
Member
spiphany
50
Moby Dick
por Herman Melville
35,525 membros
541 críticas
3.8
51
The Phantom of the Opera
por Gaston Leroux
12,978 membros
204 críticas
3.8
52
Invisible Monsters
por Chuck Palahniuk
8,149 membros
112 críticas
3.8
53
Geek Love
por Katherine Dunn
6,138 membros
162 críticas
4
54
The Horse Whisperer
por Nicholas Evans
5,718 membros
84 críticas
½ 3.6
55
Tower of Dawn
por Sarah J. Maas
4,986 membros
94 críticas
4.2
56
The Gormenghast Trilogy
por Mervyn Peake
4,416 membros
67 críticas
4.1
57
The Bone Collector
por Jeffery Deaver
4,368 membros
102 críticas
4
58
Odd and the Frost Giants
por Neil Gaiman
3,320 membros
184 críticas
3.9
59
The Warrior's Apprentice
por Lois McMaster Bujold
3,163 membros
102 críticas
4.1
60
Endgame / Act Without Words
por Samuel Beckett
3,086 membros
24 críticas
3.8
61
In the Company of the Courtesan
por Sarah Dunant
2,863 membros
85 críticas
½ 3.6
62
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
por Kim Michele Richardson
2,693 membros
185 críticas
4
63
Elric of Melniboné
por Michael Moorcock
2,585 membros
60 críticas
½ 3.7
64
Akata Witch
por Nnedi Okorafor
2,250 membros
126 críticas
4
65
Coração impaciente
por Stefan Zweig
1,707 membros
45 críticas
4.2
66
A Piece of the World
por Christina Baker Kline
1,271 membros
80 críticas
3.9
67
In Lucia's Eyes
por Arthur Japin
1,244 membros
24 críticas
3.8
68
Maybe the Moon
por Armistead Maupin
1,130 membros
20 críticas
½ 3.5
69
The Man Who Laughs
por Victor Hugo
921 membros
22 críticas
4.1
70
The Murmur of Bees
por Sofía Segovia
869 membros
31 críticas
4.2
71
1222
por Anne Holt
864 membros
67 críticas
½ 3.4
72
The Face of Another
por Kōbō Abe
755 membros
15 críticas
½ 3.6
73
The Law and the Lady
por Wilkie Collins
751 membros
25 críticas
½ 3.7
74
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
por Peter Carey
712 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.7
75
The Crystal Gryphon
por Andre Norton
709 membros
8 críticas
3.9
76
Animal's People
por Indra Sinha
700 membros
28 críticas
½ 3.7
77
The Chess Machine
por Robert Löhr
556 membros
19 críticas
½ 3.4
78
The Night Inspector
por Frederick Busch
431 membros
15 críticas
½ 3.5
79
Night of Masks
por Andre Norton
427 membros
½ 3.4
80
Back
por Henry Green
325 membros
5 críticas
3.8
81
The Book of Memory
por Petina Gappah
312 membros
17 críticas
3.8
82
Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages
por Vanitha Sankaran
272 membros
26 críticas
½ 3.7
83
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
por Katherine Marsh
268 membros
13 críticas
3.9
84
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A Novel
por Terri-Lynne DeFino
257 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.5
85
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
por David Madsen
232 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.7
86
Achille piè veloce
por Stefano Benni
226 membros
5 críticas
½ 3.6
87
City of Windows
por Robert Pobi
198 membros
9 críticas
½ 3.6
88
The White Rhino Hotel
por Bartle Bull
173 membros
11 críticas
½ 3.7
89
The Fisher King
por Anthony Powell
169 membros
2 críticas
2.9
90
Little Nothing
por Marisa Silver
159 membros
11 críticas
½ 3.7
91
The Paperbark Shoe
por Goldie Goldbloom
140 membros
25 críticas
3.8
92
Broken Glass
por Arthur Miller
132 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.5
93
Dream Wheels
por Richard Wagamese
102 membros
6 críticas
3.8
94
Tortuga: A Novel
por Rudolfo Anaya
97 membros
3 críticas
½ 3.7
95
Thirst
por Andrei Gelasimov
81 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.4
96
Just Call Me Superhero
por Alina Bronsky
63 membros
3 críticas
3.2
97
The Smallest Man
por Frances Quinn
54 membros
3 críticas
½ 4.3
98
Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs [short story]
por Edgar Allan Poe
53 membros
2 críticas
3.8
99
Blackmoor
por Edward Hogan
53 membros
½ 3.5
100
Min skugga
por Christine Falkenland
40 membros
1 crítica
½ 3.7