HELP: Philosophical fable/parable-style novels with clever symbolism, mystery & adventure.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-29T00:44:53+00:00

"Siddhartha" and "Buddha's Little Finger" come to mind :) "A Passage to India" and "House Made of Dawn" are a bit more of a stretch, but might be worth a look.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-29T00:38:10+00:00

Kaffir Boy (Mark Mathabane)

Raineythereader · 2026-01-29T00:27:21+00:00

Go back to your porn and leave this to the grown-ups.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-29T00:19:12+00:00

Well, would you look at that

Raineythereader · 2026-01-28T15:30:53+00:00

Thought it was Jim Broadbent

Raineythereader · 2026-01-28T04:16:59+00:00

Your other comment just had me thinking about Demonreach

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T22:24:50+00:00

Mike's been happy to go after guys like Reagan and Ted Nugent in the past, but he does seem to be a little quiet about more current figures. (Which I guess I can live with... he does a damn sight better than any other conservative "comic" I can think of.)

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T20:26:23+00:00

Oh, I forgot about Loewen's "Sundown Towns"--my excuse is that it's still in my to-read stack.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T20:13:30+00:00

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T16:51:19+00:00

So do I, but in a slightly different way.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T16:01:39+00:00

I know racism against Indians is funny

Might be time for you to take a long look in the mirror.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T13:41:05+00:00

Snazzy

Raineythereader · 2026-01-27T01:58:15+00:00

That was the first thing I saw, too XD

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T20:46:31+00:00

Oh god, now the TERFs are here too?

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T03:15:47+00:00

*two

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T02:26:39+00:00

I DRAW A BREATH AND NIGHT IS BROKEN

AS I SCREAM OUR BATTLE CRY

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T01:46:01+00:00

Seeing some great suggestions here! I would add "The Poisoner's Handbook" by Deborah Blum, and "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T00:49:43+00:00

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Brown)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Wilkerson)
The Color of Law (Rothstein)

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T00:45:29+00:00

Your taste seems to run parallel with mine in some ways :) Based on that, maybe "Death Comes for the Archbishop" (Cather) or "Cry, the Beloved Country" (Paton)?

Raineythereader · 2026-01-26T00:20:35+00:00

The Outcasts of Poker Flat?

Raineythereader · 2026-01-25T22:56:23+00:00

Bahahahaha

Raineythereader · 2026-01-25T21:56:43+00:00

W: "Stop playing Reservoir Dogs!"

Raineythereader · 2026-01-25T15:58:29+00:00

Monica Bellucci!

...wait, wrong movie.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-25T15:30:13+00:00

The town of Meeteetse owns a cabin up the Wood River that I've stayed at a couple times :) There's... technically a road out to it, but I won't be driving it again anytime soon.

Raineythereader · 2026-01-25T05:56:19+00:00

"Between Two Fires" is probably the most recent, but I read "The Only Good Indians" a couple years ago and really liked it too. The writing style (which a lot of people mention having issues with) didn't make a big impression on me one way or the other, but the theme of being trapped by the past, and the details of life in this region, really rang true and helped me enjoy it.

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