Year of the Book: post 9/11 fiction
Nov. 12th, 2008 06:48 pmI was reading the American Libraries magazine and saw a blip of discussion about a new genre - the "post 9/11" novel. They were predicting that a capstone work will emerge soon and essentially kill the genre, much like The Road's affect on post-apocalyptic fiction, not that I've noticed a dearth of post-apocalyptic novels and anyway I thought The Road was Horrible with a capital H, but that's another topic for another day.
So - have you read any post-9/11 fiction? I know of quite a few books that would qualify, but I don't think I've read any. I don't think I'd really care to. It hits a little too close to home and I prefer my fiction further removed from life.
So - have you read any post-9/11 fiction? I know of quite a few books that would qualify, but I don't think I've read any. I don't think I'd really care to. It hits a little too close to home and I prefer my fiction further removed from life.