Looking for books recs — loss of body parts
TW: mention of (self-inflicted) violence, mild body horror
Hello everyone! Do any of you have recommendation for primary literary texts (I'm especially interested in poetry but open for whatever!) where a person removes/amputates/loses/tears out/throws up (whatever, you get the idea) a part of their body/an organ or something they have consumed as either a metaphor of or an allegory for extreme emotions/extreme emotional changes? This also includes where someone else does this to them.
I'm talking about things like the metaphor used after a break-up of someone tearing their heart out, peeling your skin off in disgust, or idk oedipus gauging out his eyes in shame. I hope you get what I mean.
Bonus points if it's queer and modern-ish. Though, as I said, open for everything!
Thank you <3
Posted Oct 10, 2025, 7:19 PM UTC