Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 16:29:05 -0500
From: Charlotte Kates <ckates-AT-mosquito.com>
Subject: Re: political novels


At 07:32 AM 3/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Could anyone recommend some good "political" novels?  I'm looking for
>something to recommend to fellow students that we could use on a
>comparative lit project, something that would give us an inside look (an
>ethnography) at a given society.
>
>I'm looking for something that's well written, not didactic, but that shows
>working class people or communists as they live and deal with life, that
>shows us their world from the inside.  I'd especially like something that
>involves literacy or education in the story...but the main requirement is
>that it be a good read, and that it be in English, and that it be fairly
>available in the US.
>
>I haven't read much fiction in recent years, and I've never read much
>political fiction, so I need help.  The recent discussions about 1984, etc.
>made me feel there are some on this list who might help
>
>Thanks
>
>Pete Farruggio
>
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I would have to put "The Girl" or anything else by Meridel LeSueur at the
top of my list. Her short stories are really excellent too, however "Girl"
is her most widely available novel. Another I would recommend would be Agnes
Smedley, "Daughter of Earth". Of course, Gorky's "Mother" is always a
wonderful treatment, but I'm sure you are familiar with that. Mike Gold's
"Jews Without Money is also excellent. Charlotte



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