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Doris Lessing would be considered one of the greatest modern writers if not for sexism in the industry. Same for Margaret Atwood.

>>8427938
She gets a shitload of respect though, Atwood I mean. I like her writing but it seems disproportionate to how good her stuff actually is. Then again I'm in Canada so they probably hyper focus on her because we have like 4 writers in our entire history that mattered

>>8427941
who are the other three?

>>8427938
>sexism
epic!

Dante did it better

>>8427951
Leonard Cohen and Michael Ondaatje. The second one is really indian or some shit

I can't count

i hate this country

>>8427951

Leonard Cohen
Hugh MacLennan
Alice Munro

I haven't read any of them, just going by reputation. Not him btw.

>>8427941
>Then again I'm in Canada so they probably hyper focus on her because we have like 4 writers in our entire history that mattered.

could be worse tbf, Australia doesn't have any.

>>8428028

What about Murnane?

He's not very famous but he's good.

>>8428028
Why is that? Even New Zealand has Mansfield and a few others.

>>8428014
is Farley Mowat considered good?

I hate him

>>8427938
Lessing gets a ton of respect, at least in academia. Her not crossing to the mainstream is nothing to do with sexism, and everything to do with her being a bit too intellectual for the general reading public.

>>8428028
Mavis Gallant is Canadian and she should matter. One of my all time favorite short-story writers. But, she doesn't pander to the high-minded liberals like Atwood, and even wrote an empathetic short story about how post-WWII French people can end up aligning themselves with the far-right.

nice discusion about the book, assholes