Books : Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
I'm not sure what is meant by truthful. Is it that fiction depicts how people actually experience life, with interior thoughts and emotions and motivations and everything else?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
I've never heard that. I've heard that truth is stranger than fiction.
😺 Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 🤨 Let's go, Brandon! 🤨 Try that in a small town.
😺 Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 🤨 Let's go, Brandon! 🤨 Try that in a small town.
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
😺 Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 🤨 Let's go, Brandon! 🤨 Try that in a small town.
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
The kind of truths great fiction offers are more insights into the world and into human nature, and life lessons. It's not really comparable.
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Examples of great fiction that have insights into life?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
That's kind of the definition of great fiction. I would say many of the works of Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Pynchon, Cormac McCarthy, John Cheever, Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad- all provide maps of the human heart, insights into the human condition.
Re: Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
I'm surprised I've actually heard of all of them (I read non-fiction)
"The Swimmer" is a great movie.. Over 2 hours long, but I haven't read the 5 minute libretto :)
https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List
"The Swimmer" is a great movie.. Over 2 hours long, but I haven't read the 5 minute libretto :)
https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List
Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?
https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List