What a change of perspective! The story of "1984" told by Julia and "Lolita" told by the now grown-up Dolores Haze instead of the paedophile Humbert Humbert.
Trigger warning: "Julia" is like "1984" very dystopian. "Bye bye Lolita" contains details of sexual abuse.
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@RonjaBiernat @lesekreis @boeken @bookstodon I hope there is a whole genre forming of retellings from the perspective of different characters within the original stories. Julia is a great example. So is James, by Percival Everett, a retelling of Huck Finn from the perspective of Jim. Also, Clytemnestra, by Costanza Casati, is a retelling of The Trojan War through the eyes of Clytemnestra, instead of centering Agamemnon.
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@kimlockhartga @lesekreis @boeken @bookstodon Oh wow, thanks for sharing. I was hoping it would be a new genre, but looking at your list it is already a new one :)
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@RonjaBiernat @kimlockhartga Also Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation (other perspective on Camus' The Stranger). @lesekreis @boeken @bookstodon
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@ak_text @RonjaBiernat @lesekreis @boeken @bookstodon ooooh nice! I never thought about a retelling of The Stranger.
I should add that there are also retellings that are close to the perspective of the original, but which add more inclusivity, such as THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL, a Queer Asian Feminist Gatsby retelling, or THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE, a very loose modern-day Hamlet by Lyndsay Faye.
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