6 books like La place

What to read after La place — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Mind of my mind Octavia E. Butler · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Mind of My Mind is the second novel in Butler's Patternist series and is the prequel to her earlier novel Patternmaster. Shares: Pères et filles, Fathers and daughters

El sí de las ninas Leandro Fernández de Moratín · 1806 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Estrenada en enero de 1806 en Madrid, fue la obra de mayor aceptación de su tiempo en España y se convirtió en el mayor acontecimiento teatral de todo el siglo. Edición de Juan A. Ríos Carratalá. Shares: Romance literature, Literary Criticism

Perilous Cemetery Nancy Black · 2019 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Published in 1994: In The Perilous Cemetery adventure, Gawain is required to fight the devil himself. In repayment for having cured a young woman of madness, the devil keeps her entombed in a grave by day and requires her by night to fulfil his sexual desires. Shares: Romance literature, Literary Criticism

La Peste Albert Camus · 1942 · ★ 4.0 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace. Shares: Romance literature, France

Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing Julie A. Eckerle · 2013 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Juxtaposing life writing and romance, this study offers the first book-length exploration of the dynamic and complex relationship between the two genres. Through close analysis of a wide variety of life writings by early modern Englishwomen, Eckerle shows how deeply influenced these women were by the controversial romance genre. Her analysis adds a layer of significant nuance to our understanding… Shares: Romance literature, Literary Criticism

Consuming autobiographies Claire Boyle · 2007 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Since 1975, French literary writing has been marked by an autobiographical turn which has seen authors increasingly often tap into the vein of what the French term ecriture de soi. This coincides, paradoxically, with the 'death of autobiography', as these authors self-consciously distance themselves and their writings from conventional autobiography, founding a 'nouvelle autobiographie'… Shares: Romance literature, Literary Criticism

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