Troublesome bodies

Descrizione
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).
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6,581 utenti
70 recensioni
½ 3.7
2
14,176 utenti
176 recensioni
3.9
3
8,464 utenti
146 recensioni
4.1
4
2,395 utenti
76 recensioni
½ 3.6
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12,752 utenti
286 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
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.
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4,681 utenti
68 recensioni
4
2 Members
dara85, spiphany
7
9,494 utenti
214 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
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11,552 utenti
174 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
9
7,590 utenti
93 recensioni
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
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1,027 utenti
11 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
alex68, bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Lame composer, pitied but not loved by the one who matters most.
11
8,706 utenti
119 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
12
599 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
Spiegazioni
spiphany: The prince's left arm is crippled from birth, complicating royal appearances in public.
13
18,078 utenti
330 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
14
1,099 utenti
26 recensioni
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
15
1,876 utenti
37 recensioni
3.8
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alex68
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1,184 utenti
88 recensioni
3.9
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dara85
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99 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Extreme disability, very extreme, as scientific experiment.
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1,291 utenti
45 recensioni
½ 3.6
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bluepiano
Spiegazioni
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.
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2,358 utenti
139 recensioni
3.9
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dara85
20
9 utenti
2
Member
bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Woman with hare lip given the not unopposed choice of corrective surgery.
21
114 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.3
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bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Non-functional pain receptors, in this case a helpful disability.
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243 utenti
6 recensioni
3.2
Member
bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Sometimes debilitating back pain that colours and perhaps leads to relationships with other people.
23
5,460 utenti
182 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
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48 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Blind detective forever surprising others with his perception in surprisingly enjoyable stories.
25
242 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.6
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alex68
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144 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
bluepiano
Spiegazioni
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.
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3,698 utenti
75 recensioni
4.2
Member
alex68
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4,072 utenti
281 recensioni
4
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spiphany
29
2,034 utenti
50 recensioni
½ 3.4
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spiphany
30
1,721 utenti
115 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Features one character with a facial scar and missing eye, one with a deformed arm, and an albino.
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856 utenti
13 recensioni
4
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spiphany
32
609 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.6
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
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.
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558 utenti
18 recensioni
3.8
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spiphany
34
504 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.5
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: One of the main characters suffers from a poorly healed amputation from the war.
35
441 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
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spiphany
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230 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.5
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Narrator is a centaur; this is treated realistically (i.e., as a birth defect/mutation) rather than as a fantasy element.
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212 utenti
10 recensioni
4
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Canadian trader loses most of his fingers to frostbite and is taken in by the Chukchi people of the far north.
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202 utenti
4 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: One of the characters, Knospelius, is described as being hunchbacked.
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185 utenti
7 recensioni
3.8
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spiphany
40
170 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.4
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spiphany
41
116 utenti
3 recensioni
2.9
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Protagonist was badly burned/disfigured during the Hindenburg disaster.
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74 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
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spiphany
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55 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
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spiphany
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48 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.4
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Historical novel set in Roman-era Germania. Protagonist has a muscular disorder that makes it difficult to walk.
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36 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
Member
spiphany
46
14 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: One of the central characters is a newcomer to the village who has a badly scarred face.
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12 utenti
4
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Protagonist was born with malformed hands in revolutionary-era France; becomes a famous gourmet and critic of the arts.
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10 utenti
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Story collection featuring multiple characters with physical differences, including a hunchbacked dwarf.
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8 utenti
1 recensione
5
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spiphany
50
35,547 utenti
540 recensioni
3.8
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13,000 utenti
204 recensioni
3.8
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8,155 utenti
113 recensioni
3.8
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6,143 utenti
162 recensioni
4
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5,720 utenti
84 recensioni
½ 3.6
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5,027 utenti
95 recensioni
4.2
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4,420 utenti
67 recensioni
4.1
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4,370 utenti
102 recensioni
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3,326 utenti
184 recensioni
3.9
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3,166 utenti
102 recensioni
4.1
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3,088 utenti
24 recensioni
3.8
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2,864 utenti
85 recensioni
½ 3.6
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2,697 utenti
185 recensioni
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2,587 utenti
60 recensioni
½ 3.7
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2,252 utenti
126 recensioni
4
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1,715 utenti
45 recensioni
4.2
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1,273 utenti
80 recensioni
3.9
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1,244 utenti
24 recensioni
3.8
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1,130 utenti
20 recensioni
½ 3.5
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922 utenti
22 recensioni
4.1
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869 utenti
31 recensioni
4.2
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865 utenti
67 recensioni
½ 3.4
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757 utenti
15 recensioni
½ 3.6
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752 utenti
25 recensioni
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713 utenti
7 recensioni
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709 utenti
8 recensioni
3.9
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700 utenti
28 recensioni
½ 3.7
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556 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.4
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431 utenti
15 recensioni
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428 utenti
½ 3.4
80
327 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
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312 utenti
17 recensioni
3.8
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272 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.7
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268 utenti
13 recensioni
3.9
84
257 utenti
30 recensioni
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85
232 utenti
7 recensioni
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226 utenti
5 recensioni
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198 utenti
9 recensioni
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88
173 utenti
11 recensioni
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169 utenti
2 recensioni
2.9
90
160 utenti
11 recensioni
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140 utenti
25 recensioni
3.8
92
132 utenti
2 recensioni
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103 utenti
6 recensioni
3.8
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97 utenti
3 recensioni
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81 utenti
7 recensioni
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63 utenti
3 recensioni
3.2
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54 utenti
3 recensioni
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53 utenti
2 recensioni
3.8
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53 utenti
½ 3.5
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40 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7