Thursday, June 16, 2022

The novel these days …

What the “men don’t read novels” debate gets wrong about fiction. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)


… I don’t think [Ben] Judah is entirely wrong about the modern fiction landscape. If I receive yet another proof of a novel that claims to explore “women’s anger” or “women’s pain” I might actually inflict pain on someone. There is, among many men I’ve spoken to, a feeling that fiction is an indulgence at a time when the complexities of the world require vigilance. Quite a few say they want to read the sort of 21st-century social panorama that Judah conjures. So would I.

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