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Stranger Than Fiction
Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
Book • 2024
In 'Stranger Than Fiction', Edwin Frank offers a new vision of the history and art of the novel, focusing on its transformations and adaptations throughout the 20th century.
The book starts with Dostoevsky's 'Notes from Underground' and spans a wide range of authors, including H.G.
Wells, Colette, Andre Gide, Gertrude Stein, and many others.
Frank analyzes 32 novels, highlighting their responses to historical events such as World War I and II, and how they reinvented the novel form to reflect diverse cultural and historical contexts.
The narrative is a rich chronicle of literary history, world events, and author biographies, showcasing the novel's power to reinvent itself and reflect the changing world.
The book starts with Dostoevsky's 'Notes from Underground' and spans a wide range of authors, including H.G.
Wells, Colette, Andre Gide, Gertrude Stein, and many others.
Frank analyzes 32 novels, highlighting their responses to historical events such as World War I and II, and how they reinvented the novel form to reflect diverse cultural and historical contexts.
The narrative is a rich chronicle of literary history, world events, and author biographies, showcasing the novel's power to reinvent itself and reflect the changing world.
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Recommended by John Fassman, senior culture correspondent at The Economist, as an essential book for literature lovers.
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