Mod post: theme suggestions

[damned_colonial]

Please suggest themes you'd like to see covered here! Cut and paste the following into a comment:

ETA: please put your theme in the subject of your comment!

Theme:
Are you prepared to run it? Yes/No
Suggested books, if you have them already:


What does it mean to run the theme?

1. At least one month in advance, you'll let everyone know about the theme and your suggested reading for it. You need to suggest at least 3 works of fiction.
2. On the first of the month, you will post a welcome/introduction/kickoff for the theme.
3. Throughout the month, you'll take an active part in discussion of the theme.

You do not have to be an expert on the theme to run it. You just need to have an interest in it.

Comments

[damned_colonial]

Hmmm. I think the problem is actually that 20th century stuff is hard to find "historical" novels for. So much of what's available are actually contemporary novels. And then, the problem in this case is probably compounded by trying to work with a period that, as you point out, actively suppressed writers.

It's a pity, as revolutionary/communist China is a very interesting period. Let's keep thinking about it.

[sarlania]

I've been thinking... maybe instead of limiting it to just China, make the theme more broad, something like Communism in general, or revolutions in the 20th/19th century? Maybe then we'll get more books to choose from.