Troublesome bodies

Descrição
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).
1
The Glass Menagerie
de Tennessee Williams
6,582 membros
70 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
spiphany, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
de Victor Hugo
14,179 membros
176 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
spiphany, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Of Human Bondage
de W. Somerset Maugham
8,466 membros
146 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Fifth Child
de Doris Lessing
2,395 membros
76 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Clan of the Cave Bear
de Jean M. Auel
12,754 membros
286 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
spiphany, ahef1963
Explicações
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.
6
Stones from the River
de Ursula Hegi
4,681 membros
68 resenhas
4
2 Members
dara85, spiphany
7
Ethan Frome
de Edith Wharton
9,498 membros
214 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
8
O Paciente Inglês
de Michael Ondaatje
11,553 membros
174 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
9
The Tin Drum
de Günter Grass
7,589 membros
93 resenhas
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
10
Gertrude
de Hermann Hesse
1,027 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
alex68, bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Lame composer, pitied but not loved by the one who matters most.
11
The Mill on the Floss
de George Eliot
8,709 membros
119 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
12
Royal Highness
de Thomas Mann
599 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
Explicações
spiphany: The prince's left arm is crippled from birth, complicating royal appearances in public.
13
A Prayer for Owen Meany
de John Irving
18,081 membros
330 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
14
The Dwarf
de Pär Lagerkvist
1,099 membros
26 resenhas
4
2 Members
spiphany, alex68
15
A Personal Matter
de Kenzaburō Ōe
1,876 membros
37 resenhas
3.8
Member
alex68
16
Stuck in Neutral
de Terry Trueman
1,184 membros
88 resenhas
3.9
Member
dara85
17
En levande själ : roman
de P. C. Jersild
99 membros
2 resenhas
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Extreme disability, very extreme, as scientific experiment.
18
Remainder
de Tom McCarthy
1,291 membros
45 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
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.
19
The Girls
de Lori Lansens
2,358 membros
139 resenhas
3.9
Member
dara85
20
The Secret of My Face
de Karen Ardiff
9 membros
2
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Woman with hare lip given the not unopposed choice of corrective surgery.
21
De Sade's Valet
de Nikolaj Frobenius
115 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.3
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Non-functional pain receptors, in this case a helpful disability.
22
Truth and Consequences
de Alison Lurie
243 membros
6 resenhas
3.2
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Sometimes debilitating back pain that colours and perhaps leads to relationships with other people.
23
Angle of Repose
de Wallace Stegner
5,460 membros
182 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
24
The Eyes of Max Carrados
de Ernest Bramah
48 membros
1 resenha
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Blind detective forever surprising others with his perception in surprisingly enjoyable stories.
25
Born Twice
de Giuseppe Pontiggia
242 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
26
Passion
de Igino Ugo Tarchetti
144 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
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.
27
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,699 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
Member
alex68
28
The Gargoyle
de Andrew Davidson
4,072 membros
281 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
29
Slow Man
de J. M. Coetzee
2,034 membros
50 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
30
Company of Liars
de Karen Maitland
1,721 membros
115 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Features one character with a facial scar and missing eye, one with a deformed arm, and an albino.
31
The Obscene Bird of Night
de José Donoso
856 membros
13 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
32
The Sand Child
de Tahar Ben Jelloun
609 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explicações
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.
34
Flight to Afar
de Alfred Andersch
504 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the main characters suffers from a poorly healed amputation from the war.
35
Warrior Scarlet
de Rosemary Sutcliff
441 membros
5 resenhas
3.8
Member
spiphany
36
The Centaur in the Garden
de Moacyr Scliar
230 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Narrator is a centaur; this is treated realistically (i.e., as a birth defect/mutation) rather than as a fantasy element.
37
A Dream in Polar Fog
de Yuri Rytkheu
212 membros
10 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Canadian trader loses most of his fingers to frostbite and is taken in by the Chukchi people of the far north.
38
Tides
de Eduard von Keyserling
202 membros
4 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the characters, Knospelius, is described as being hunchbacked.
39
The Witch's Brat
de Rosemary Sutcliff
185 membros
7 resenhas
3.8
Member
spiphany
40
The Gaze
de Elif Shafak
170 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
41
The Phoenix
de Henning Boëtius
116 membros
3 resenhas
2.9
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Protagonist was badly burned/disfigured during the Hindenburg disaster.
42
Swan's Wing
de Ursula Synge
74 membros
1 resenha
4.2
Member
spiphany
43
Vom Wasser: Roman
de John von Düffel
55 membros
1 resenha
4.1
Member
spiphany
44
Caesars Druide
de Claude Cueni
48 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Historical novel set in Roman-era Germania. Protagonist has a muscular disorder that makes it difficult to walk.
45
A Gorda (Portuguese Edition)
de Isabela Figueiredo
36 membros
1 resenha
4.2
Member
spiphany
46
Der Halbbart
de Charles Lewinsky
14 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: One of the central characters is a newcomer to the village who has a badly scarred face.
47
Die Zunge
de Lea Singer
12 membros
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Protagonist was born with malformed hands in revolutionary-era France; becomes a famous gourmet and critic of the arts.
48
Der Buckel
de Hugo Loetscher
10 membros
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Story collection featuring multiple characters with physical differences, including a hunchbacked dwarf.
49
Manger l'autre
de Ananda Devi
8 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
spiphany
50
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,550 membros
541 resenhas
3.8
51
The Phantom of the Opera
de Gaston Leroux
13,006 membros
204 resenhas
3.8
52
Invisible Monsters
de Chuck Palahniuk
8,157 membros
113 resenhas
3.8
53
Geek Love
de Katherine Dunn
6,144 membros
162 resenhas
4
54
The Horse Whisperer
de Nicholas Evans
5,720 membros
84 resenhas
½ 3.6
55
Tower of Dawn
de Sarah J. Maas
5,031 membros
95 resenhas
4.2
56
The Gormenghast Trilogy
de Mervyn Peake
4,423 membros
67 resenhas
4.1
57
The Bone Collector
de Jeffery Deaver
4,371 membros
102 resenhas
4
58
Odd and the Frost Giants
de Neil Gaiman
3,329 membros
184 resenhas
3.9
59
The Warrior's Apprentice
de Lois McMaster Bujold
3,166 membros
102 resenhas
4.1
60
Endgame / Act Without Words
de Samuel Beckett
3,087 membros
24 resenhas
3.8
61
In the Company of the Courtesan
de Sarah Dunant
2,864 membros
85 resenhas
½ 3.6
62
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
de Kim Michele Richardson
2,699 membros
185 resenhas
4
63
Elric of Melniboné
de Michael Moorcock
2,588 membros
60 resenhas
½ 3.7
64
Akata Witch
de Nnedi Okorafor
2,253 membros
126 resenhas
4
65
Beware of Pity
de Stefan Zweig
1,711 membros
45 resenhas
4.2
66
A Piece of the World
de Christina Baker Kline
1,273 membros
80 resenhas
3.9
67
In Lucia's Eyes
de Arthur Japin
1,245 membros
24 resenhas
3.8
68
Maybe the Moon
de Armistead Maupin
1,130 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.5
69
The Man Who Laughs
de Victor Hugo
922 membros
22 resenhas
4.1
70
The Murmur of Bees
de Sofía Segovia
870 membros
31 resenhas
4.2
71
1222
de Anne Holt
865 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.4
72
The Face of Another
de Kōbō Abe
757 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.6
73
The Law and the Lady
de Wilkie Collins
752 membros
25 resenhas
½ 3.7
74
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
de Peter Carey
713 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
75
The Crystal Gryphon
de Andre Norton
709 membros
8 resenhas
3.9
76
Animal's People
de Indra Sinha
700 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.7
77
The Chess Machine
de Robert Löhr
556 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.4
78
The Night Inspector
de Frederick Busch
432 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.5
79
Night of Masks
de Andre Norton
428 membros
½ 3.4
80
Back
de Henry Green
327 membros
5 resenhas
3.8
81
The Book of Memory
de Petina Gappah
312 membros
17 resenhas
3.8
82
Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages
de Vanitha Sankaran
272 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
83
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
de Katherine Marsh
268 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
84
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A Novel
de Terri-Lynne DeFino
257 membros
30 resenhas
½ 3.5
85
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
de David Madsen
232 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
86
Achille piè veloce
de Stefano Benni
226 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.6
87
City of Windows
de Robert Pobi
198 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.6
88
The White Rhino Hotel
de Bartle Bull
173 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
89
The Fisher King
de Anthony Powell
169 membros
2 resenhas
2.9
90
Little Nothing
de Marisa Silver
160 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
91
The Paperbark Shoe
de Goldie Goldbloom
140 membros
25 resenhas
3.8
92
Broken Glass
de Arthur Miller
132 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.5
93
Dream Wheels
de Richard Wagamese
103 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
94
Tortuga: A Novel
de Rudolfo Anaya
97 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.7
95
Thirst
de Andrei Gelasimov
81 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.4
96
Just Call Me Superhero
de Alina Bronsky
63 membros
3 resenhas
3.2
97
The Smallest Man
de Frances Quinn
54 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
98
Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs [short story]
de Edgar Allan Poe
53 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
99
Blackmoor
de Edward Hogan
53 membros
½ 3.5
100
Min skugga
de Christine Falkenland
40 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7