I don't usually include novels in my "things I like" forum (unless they relate directly to the arts), but for this one I had to make an exception.
Throughout this excellent piece of fiction from a rising (already risen?) star of the American fiction genre, there is a question that keeps coming up: do the stories have the power to change our lives?
It is an interesting question. Every day it seems some tells me that I need to see this movie or read that book.
What exactly do I hope to gain out of reading or watching?
We can expand the point and consider what exactly one hopes to get out of going to a gallery, or listening to a band.
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I've heard about this one from a few sources, actually. The main reason I was shying away from it was for the same reason I shy away from a lot of fiction, and what is apparently the thesis - could a work of fiction have relevance in this "real," non-fiction world? Thank you kindly, Kevin, for pushing me past the tipping point on whether or not I read this. May I borrow your copy?
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