Word: fictions
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...work out of his performance at the trial, from the complementary elements of his dramatic sense and homosexuality, of course ending in tragedy different from anything Wilde ever committed to paper. The play outside the play of Wilde's role in the trial pushes the boundaries of historical fiction itself through subtle framing devices, coming to share Wilde's belief that truth in narrative is a very tricky thing indeed...
...present government's neglect of Aborigines, Freeman did something very dramatic with her race: she punctuated what she stood for. "She is capable of great power," said Australian writer Tom Keneally. "I'm skeptical about the idea that sports changes things any more than poetry or fiction can do, but this is quite like when Jackie Robinson played major league baseball in America, and if any sports event can change things, this one has a chance...
...have no way of determining whether any of the people and events in The Family Orchard have any historical reality or, for that matter, any genuine connection to the real Nomi Eve. But she anticipates this question of authenticity and announces her answer at the beginning: "I believe that fiction is formed truth. I believe that history is a way of knowing all of this. I believe that legend is how we read between the lines...
...TIME: Do you feel squeamish about putting people you?ve met into your fiction, especially if they are made...
...TIME: With Steve Martin?s name on the dustjacket, some readers will be expecting comedy. Your shorter fiction is laugh-out-loud funny ? as I can testify, by citing complaints from people near me when I?ve read it. "Shopgirl" is different, of course. If you were to tape-record someone reading this book in an otherwise silent room, then play back the tape, what would you hear...