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Many Say Fiction Is More Truthful Than Non-Fiction. Examples?

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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.



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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 :)

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