So difficult to find sympathetic fiction online. Currently looking at a book called The Sympathizer by a Vietnamese author about a pro-Vietnamese double agent living in Amerika, seems interesting. Every other search result is anti-communist piss splattered over pages and sold as “gripping, realistic, startlingly accurate”.

Even if it’s bad writing or whatever, I’m curious if any of y’all know some explicitly or implicitly communist fiction worth checking out.

  • @redtea
    6•2 years ago

    I absolutely love the idea of Isabel Allende’s fiction.

    Unfortunately I’ve not been able to get into any of it. This could be because I’ve gone for the Spanish translations and my Spanish just isn’t there yet. But I don’t think it’s that as I’ve had a look at the English versions and just can’t get into the writing style.

    A real shame, because historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, and her themes are based.

    Edit: I’ve not tried the English Long Petal of the Sea, so maybe that’s my way in to her work.