So we’ve reached day 2 of Canada’s literary title fight. Yesterday we saw opening pitches, GenX go under fire, and more “thinness” and finger pointing than in an episode of America’s Next Top Model.
Highlights from a pretty vanilla Day 1 Post-Confessional:
Rollie points out the GenX is the only book not to have won any awards, and admits that reading Good to a Fault was an uphill battle
Michel goes back to the responsibility of readers and adds, “I’m going to talk about garbage.” Good strategy.
We start today’s episode with 30-second pitches:
Simi Sara (Good to a Fault) stresses “life and literature are not always neat,” and the value of representing everday life. I was pretty disappointed in this retread of yesterday. This isn’t my favorite book, but there is so much more to say, especially when it’s “everydayness” is one of the things that will come under fire. What about character, what about reader involvement, what about its profound moral quandaries and how they implicate the reader?
Perdita Felcien (Fall on Your Knees) focuses on the softer side of the Seaside, mentioning music & the theme of love. A smart strategy for a novel that does face accusations of being too dark (for [...]
