Autofiction, Faux Memoir & Fictional Biographies, is this a trend?
There seems to have been a bit of a recent literary trend in fiction that takes on and apes the non-literary forms of biographies. memoirs and autobiographies. I explore where this might come from, what it means to blur the borders between fiction and non-fiction and indeed whether there's much future mileage in it.
Books mentioned:
"Tell" by Jonathan Buckley
"The Years" by Annie Ernaux
"Trust`" by Hernan Diaz
"The Biography of X" by Catherine Lacey
"Penance" by Eliza Clark
"Ha!" by Gordon Sheppard
"A Thread Of Violence" by Mark O'Connell
There are longer reviews of all the above (with the Jonathan Buckely to come in my next video, a round up of the 6 short listed titles for the Goldsmith prize 2024). Just type in Marc Nash and whichever book you're after.
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