tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2144692762742928020..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The sepia saga business - De Waal borrows Sebald's voiceAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-46564489353516163922014-01-24T08:07:09.855-06:002014-01-24T08:07:09.855-06:00De Waal never really set off my "this is fict...De Waal never really set off my "this is fiction" alert. But I never turned off the sensors. You never know. At this point, though, I am happy to call de Waal's book non-fiction without an asterisk.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26167128745380242332014-01-24T04:36:42.159-06:002014-01-24T04:36:42.159-06:00"De Waal has separated himself from Sebald en..."De Waal has separated himself from Sebald enough to put captions on the images he uses, although he is writing non-fiction, which has different standards."<br /><br />What claims to be non-fiction, actually. Going back to Defoe at least, claims to be writing non-fiction raise questions as to the truth of what you're saying. That's aside from the fact that Sebald's fiction has an awful lot of verifiable fact in it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com