Reviews round-up
Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
by Edwin Frank
2 of 3 critics positive
5 reviews: 2 positives, 1 mixed; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“finely judged survey of modern fiction”
Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel review – 100 years of magical thinking
Positive
Read the review ↗“finding mystical power and surprising ties among”
A Heady History of the Novel Embraces Works That Shock, Not Soothe (Published 2024)
Mixed
Read the review ↗“There is some hubris in daring to define the key features”
'Stranger Than Fiction' explores how novels changed in the 20th century
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“an eccentric, provoking list of 32 books”
In search of a new 20th-century canon
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