1GraceCollection
I wasn't sure if this would be appropriate for Name That Book, since I'm looking for recommendations and not any one specific book, so here it is.
I'm looking for books that engage with disability as a metaphor, but especially in the fantasy/supernatural genre — vampires/werewolves as a metaphor for chronic illness, fairies who are born without/lose their wings as a metaphor for ambulatory disabilities, a non-magic user in a world of magicians who has a 'missing sense' as a metaphor for blindness, etc.
I'm not opposed to recommendations that aren't metaphors, that just have disabled characters existing in speculative fiction settings, either, I'm just more interested in metaphors.
I would prefer adult fiction, but I am not opposed to teen or even middle grade recommendations.
Fledgling(which from what I've heard is vampires as an HIV/AIDS metaphor) is on my list already, and I did enjoy Gathering Blue (physically disabled protag in dystopian MG fiction). So far, that's what I have. Anyone know anything else?
I'm looking for books that engage with disability as a metaphor, but especially in the fantasy/supernatural genre — vampires/werewolves as a metaphor for chronic illness, fairies who are born without/lose their wings as a metaphor for ambulatory disabilities, a non-magic user in a world of magicians who has a 'missing sense' as a metaphor for blindness, etc.
I'm not opposed to recommendations that aren't metaphors, that just have disabled characters existing in speculative fiction settings, either, I'm just more interested in metaphors.
I would prefer adult fiction, but I am not opposed to teen or even middle grade recommendations.
Fledgling(which from what I've heard is vampires as an HIV/AIDS metaphor) is on my list already, and I did enjoy Gathering Blue (physically disabled protag in dystopian MG fiction). So far, that's what I have. Anyone know anything else?
2AnnieMod
As is often the case - we have a group for that: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23175/Book-Recommendations-Requests
