Inanna | Litsy

Inanna | Diane Wolkstein

For I, Wolkstein‘s wonderful translation of the stories of a Sumerian goddess, Inanna. (Also known as Ishtar, and in the Old Testament as Astarte - those corrupting Astarte poles.)

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For other I‘s, see the comments.

Graywacke Inferno is a more obvious answer, since for me it changed the nature of literature and world building. Two classics: I Know Why the Cages Bird Sings-Maya Angelou, If Beale Street Could Talk-James Baldwin. A personal favorite: Into the Wild-Jon Krakauer. A Nabokov favorite: Invitation to a Beheading. And a surprisingly terrific anthology of place (i adore this): Island Fire: Anthology of Literature from Hawai‘i-Cheryl & James Harstad (edited) 2y

Jari-chan I just recently read Olga Tokarczuks take on this old tale, that's how I came to know about Inanna. 2y

merelybookish Your picks are so interesting! (I also like Into the Wild, and still think about it more than a lot of books. It made an impression.) 2y

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eeclayton I loved Into the Wild too. Stacking the Nabokov for later. 2y

batsy This sounds super fascinating! 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y

Graywacke @Jari-chan how interesting! Which novel is this? 2y

Graywacke @merelybookish I think the same when I read your picks. 🙂 Into the Wild has an oddly strong draw (even if the book is actually more about Krakauer than McCandless) 2y

Graywacke @eeclayton i was really drawn to Invitation to a Beheading when i read it a couple years ago. 2y

Graywacke @batsy it is. And Wolkstein‘s actually makes it something better in her translation, searching for the different meanings (and the pictures in the book are pretty amazing too) 2y

Graywacke @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks of course. Thanks again for making us make these lists. 🙂 2y

Jari-chan @Graywacke The tagged one. I'm not sure if there's an English translation, yet. GR doesn't list any...