i wish books had ao3 tags(?) i haven't slept in three days :p
Seated Rabbit, 18th–19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 Size: H. 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm); L. 2 in. (5.1 cm); D. 1 ¼ in. (0.6 cm) Medium: Crystal
i can't really explain it but this, this is how i want to be perceived.
New Heroes (Ten) // The Young Martyr (Delaroche) // The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens)
whenever i remember the secret history is actually set on 80s new england i just start laughing so hard like these pretentious fools probably looked like this
cultural academia pt. 2
here’s pt. 1
This is a continuation of spreading cultural books to end eurocentrism in academia. There’s definitely more “dark academia” books that fit the aesthetic this time around! Thank you to everyone who added books in the notes of the first post- I just put all those suggestions together in this list so complete credit to everyone who made these suggestions <3
Chinese:
- Shen Congwen
- Geling Yan
- From Emperor to Citizen
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Niem Cheng
- Jin Ping Mei by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Japanese:
- No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
- Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
- Sonezaki Shinju by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami
- Works of Oe
- Tosa Nikki by Ki no Tsurayuki
- Torikaebaya Monogatari
- Ise Monogatari by Ariwara no Narihira
- A Fool’s Love by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro
- The Golden Death by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro
- Hell Scene
- I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki
- The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Edogawa Ranpo
- The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
- The Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
- Flower Tales by Yoshiya Nobuko
- Books of Hayashi Fumiko
- Books of Enchi Fumiko
- The Demon’s Sermon on the Marrial Arts by Issao Chozanshi
- Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
- Kokoro by Natsume Soseki
- Fool’s Life by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Thai:
- Garin’s Uncanny Files
Irani/Persian:
- Disoriental by Negar Djavadi
Mesopotamia:
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
Pakistani:
- Poetry of Allama Iqbal
- Works of Saadat Hassan Manto
- My Feudal Lordand Blasphemy by Tehmina Durrani
- The Reluctant Fundmamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Raja Gidh by Bano Qudsia
- Four Tragic Romances of Punjab (Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiba, Sassi Punnun, and Sohni Mahiwal)
- The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa
Indian:
- Ramayana by Valmiki
- Nonviolent Soldier of Islam by Eknath Easwaran
- The Wildlings by Nilanjana Roy
- Sivagamiyin Sapatham by Kalki Krishnamurthy
- Chitralekha
- Chandralekha
- Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories
- Works of Satyajit Rai
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Munshi Premchand (Godan, Gaban, Nirmala)
- The River Sutra
- Mehlua
(comics)
- Nagraj
- Chacha Choudhary
- Lotpot
- Champak
- Nandan
- Vikram Betal
(poets)
- The Golden Threshold by Sarojini Naidu
- Gitanjali
- Works of Ruskin Bond
- Mahadevi Verma
- Hajari Prasad Divedi
Arabian:
- Hayy Ibn Yaqzan by Ibn Tufail (he lived in Al-Andalus but was Arab I believe)
Filipino:
- Works of Nick Joaquin
- Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan
- The Eight Muses of the Fall By Edgar Calabia Samar
- Isabelo’s Archive by Resil B. Mojares
- Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal
- El Filibusterismo by Dr. Jose Rizal
Indonesian:
- Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
- Saman by Ayu Utami
- The Years of the Voiceless
- Beauty is Wound by Eka Kurniawan
- Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
(poets)
- Sapardi Djoko Darmono
- Chairil Anwar
- Sustardji Calzoum Bachri
- W.S. Rendra
- Taufik Ismail
- Wiji Thukul
- NH Dini
- Dee Lestari
- Mira W.
Malaysian:
- Garden of Evening Mists
Brazilian:
- O Ateneu by Raul Pompeia
- Ursula by Maria Firmino
- The Hidden Cause; The Alienist by Machado de Assis (short stories)
- The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto
- Barren Lives by Graciliano Ramos
- Child of the Dark by Carolina Maria de Jesus
- Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides da Cunha
- Macunaima by Mario de Andrade
- Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
- Captain of the Sands by Jorge Amado
- Auto da Compadecida by Ariano Suassuna
- City of God by Paulo Lins
- Budapest by Chico Buarque
- The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis
- Poems by Vinicius de Moraes
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
- Antologia Poetica by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
- Senhora by Jose de Alencar
Colombian:
- Works of William Ospina
Chilean:
- Works of Isabelle Allende
Mexican:
- Poems by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
- Laura Esquivel
- El Vampiro de la Colonia Roma by Luis Zapata Quiroz
(authors)
- Gerardo Murillo
- Ruben M Campos
- Maria Enriqueta Camarillo de Pereya
- Aura by Carlos Fuentes
- El Llano by Juan Rulfo
- La Casa Junto Al Rio by Elena Garro
- Amparo Davila
- Guadalipe Duenas
- Ines Arredondo
- Fransisco Tario
- Max Aub
- Bernado Couto Castillo
- Amado Nervo
- Adriana Diaz Enciso
- Emiliano Gonzalez
- H. Pascal (poetry of vampires and ghosts)
- Tequila Gotico: Literatura Gotica en Mexico (published in magazine/good intro to gothic lit in Mexico)
Argentinian:
- The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
- The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
- Short Stories of Jorge Luis Borges
Nigerian:
- Americanah by Chimamanda Adiche
- Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Malian:
- Fatoumata Keita
Senegalese:
- Amadou Kane
- Cheik Anta Diop
Sudanese:
- Season of Migration to the North
Native American:
- Works of Leslie Marmon Silko
Canadian:
- Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (Ghanan-Canadian)
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese (Indigenous Canadian-Ojibwe)
- Birdie by Tracie Lindberg (Indigenous Canadian-Cree)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican-Canadian)
British:
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Jamaican-British)
American:
- Works of Gwendolyn Brooks
- Works of Langston Hughes
- A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava (Colombian-American)
Once again, if your country wasn’t included, that doesn’t mean it’s not important!! Please continue to add more books with their countries in the notes and correct me if I’ve made a mistake!!
saw this on twitter and i thought i’d share: thestorygraph is a non-amazon-owned alternative to goodreads funded by a black woman. you can export your goodreads library so no need to manually add every book you’ve read
