Guntars as man is biography fiction
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Guntars as man is biography fiction and nonfiction
Is The Biography A Work Of Fact Or Fiction? Musings From The Key West Literary Seminar
The work of a biographer might seem straightforward enough. Although the general public might consider the genre a sub-category of nonfiction writing, the best works transcend that title, and stand apart as a class of their own.
Biographies contain facts and historical documentation about the life of particular subject, and in this way meet the criteria for nonfiction. In a talk at the Key West Literary Seminar on Saturday, however, acclaimed biographer Jay Parini declared, “All biography is a work of fiction.
Guntars as man is biography fiction
It's an illusion of a life that may relate to reality.”
How can this be?
Jay Parini, Judith Thurman, Brenda Wineapple, and James Atlas, four acclaimed contemporary biographers, participated in a chat on the subject.
Speaking to the audience, the group acknowledged the slant that an author ultimately has to take when concocting a narrative stringing t