After Sappho: Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize by Selby Wynn Schwartz

After Sappho: Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

Selby Wynn Schwartz

288 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. It’s 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her – the man she has been forced to marry. U...

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Moods

reflective 74%
informative 58%
challenging 45%
inspiring 44%
emotional 38%
hopeful 28%
adventurous 11%
sad 11%
funny 7%
dark 5%
mysterious 5%
relaxing 3%
tense 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 34%
fast 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 78% | A mix: 10% | N/A: 8% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 45% | Yes: 25% | No: 16% | N/A: 12%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 19% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 47% | It's complicated: 26% | Yes: 13% | N/A: 11%

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3.72

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