tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post9160333370044053950..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: JK Rowling's forthcoming novel - a prediction...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86065701335692750282012-08-02T16:11:36.001+01:002012-08-02T16:11:36.001+01:00WKPD: "Hilary Mary Mantel ... is an English n...WKPD: "Hilary Mary Mantel ... is an English novelist, short story writer and critic. Her work, ranging in subject from personal memoir to historical fiction, has been short-listed for major literary awards. ... In 2009, she won the Man Booker Prize for her novel Wolf Hall[about Thomas Cromwell]."deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31961794735340008422012-08-02T14:23:25.804+01:002012-08-02T14:23:25.804+01:00@dearime - yes, my point is that all the best work...@dearime - yes, my point is that all the best work is now in genre fiction; and this sounds like genre fiction. <br /><br />The 'literary' novel need not be literary in any meaningful sense, but is non-genre and self-consciously 'literary' (or pretentious) - and eligible for entry to/ has a chance of winning the Booker Prize and similar things. <br /><br />I mean writers like John Fowles and Julian Barnes (to name two examples I particularly dislike - I could add the Nobel Laureate William Golding).Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-3362625334871041012012-08-02T08:56:12.841+01:002012-08-02T08:56:12.841+01:00"a modern adult 'literary' novel (whi..."a modern adult 'literary' novel (which is a dead genre, IMHO)..": have you read Hilary Mantel's two crackers about Thomas Cromwell?<br /><br />Or would you class these as "historical fiction" and therefore not 'literary'?deariemenoreply@blogger.com