Here are six titles that everyone — regardless of gender — should read this International Women’s Day.
The after-effects of #MeToo are still very much being felt — and that’s being thoroughly reflected in contemporary fiction. The differing perspectives can simultaneously enrage and soothe, but — most importantly — they help us process what has been. Below, Jennifer McShane recommends six titles that are essential reading.Immersive. That was only one of the praises heaped on this, the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2018.
It’s a tome that disturbs, but it’s extremely vivid and highly original. It challenges the reader. Timely and relevant, the Troubles-set novel about a young woman being sexually harassed by a powerful man has never felt more potent.Could you imagine a world where gender stereotyping was flipped on its head? A world where women were the persons who totally run the show? This is the concept author Naomi Alderman explores in her intriguing novel.
There are many role reversals throughout the novel, but what jumps out is that even the secretaries are male, and referred to only as ‘he’ for the most part. It’s not meant to be sexist or derogatory; it’s just the way it’s always been? or has it? This story is a fascinating look at what the world might be like if sexism went the other way. It will unnerve you, stay with you and after winning the esteemed Baileys Prize for Women’s Fiction will become a classic.
she presents an unsettling look at a dystopian universe set in Minnesota. Everything has gone awry. Evolution has been reversed; the world is going backwards as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear superior to the human species in every way. The future of mankind is threatened and it isn’t long before pregnant women are being rounded up and incarcerated against their will. Much of the novel takes the form of a diary by pregnant Cedar Hawk Songmaker addressed to her unborn child.
Word gets out that fellow fraternity member, Bruce Comfort has gotten a girl pregnant and refuses to accept responsibility, so the Raghurst ringleader Dyann decides to drug or ‘roofie’ the entire fraternity at a party. But after a woman ends up gang-raped after accidentally consuming the drug, rumours spread on campus like wildfire over what exactly happened – and who committed the horrific assault.
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