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Just FictionI'll start with the books I've just finished reading myself. The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby takes you into the life and mind of the writer of the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu. It describes not only the life of a woman in imperial Japan around 1000 AD, but also her struggle with the creative process like any other writer has. Another girl who struggles with her creativity in an orthodox Jewish family is the main character in Pearl Abraham's The Romance Reader. Compelling, humoristic and tragic. Pauline Melville has written a very enigmatic novel with The Ventriloquist's Tale, a story about... Yes, about what? You'll have to find out for yourself. Wonderfully written, it engulfs you in a world you've never known or never seen like this...
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