Books in which you can feel the Author's presence all through the book, haunting every page, infusing it with herself. This is very subjective.
I should have said, only fiction, please. (The Diary of Anne Frank excepted.) With memoirs and autobiographies, the Author isn't hiding; she's out there, admitting her presence. This list is for books in which you feel that you know something of the Author's personality or self without her telling you. In novels, the author is "everywhere and nowhere," as Thomas C. Foster puts it.
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message 1: by Rosa (new)

Rosa Thank you, Brittany!


message 2: by Rosa (new)

Rosa Wow! Thank you, everyone!


message 3: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 16, 2017 06:33PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Rosa
Why is The Diary of Anne Frank (#3) excepted? Like you said "with memoirs and autobiographies, the author isn't hiding; she's out there, admitting her presence".


message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 17, 2017 02:26AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) By the way, a first person narrative doesn't automatically mean this storyteller can be identified with the author....


message 5: by Rosa (new)

Rosa Of course not. It's subjective.
Thanks, Emm. (Let me guess: Neptune?)
As for Anne...you have a point. Do as you wish.


message 6: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 21, 2017 01:17AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Booklovinglady wrote: "@Rosa
Why is The Diary of Anne Frank (#3) excepted? Like you said "with memoirs and autobiographies, the author isn't hiding; she's out there, admitting her presence"."


Your comment above doesn't answer my question, so maybe you've overlooked it?


message 7: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 21, 2017 01:23AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Rosa
You said "infusing it with herself" in the description, which is why I assumed only female authors could be added/voted for. Yet there are male authors on this list as well?


message 8: by Rosa (last edited Feb 25, 2017 07:02PM) (new)

Rosa Yes, there are male authors on the list as well. I used "herself" to mean any author. I didn't want to use "themselves" because that's grammatically incorrect, and "him- or herself" sounds a bit awkward. I used the feminine to change it up.
The Diary of Anne Frank is excepted because you get a real feeling of what Anne's soul was like.
I'm sorry I didn't answer your last comment sooner; I forgot to look.


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