Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Alexander Manshel /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Alexander%20Manshel/rss en Historical fiction: a guarantee of critical success or a trap?   /channels/channels/news/historical-fiction-guarantee-critical-success-or-trap-348315 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For 21st century authors, the odds of writing a critical hit are much higher if the novel takes place in the past, not the present or future. Between 2000 and 2020, about three quarters of the novels shortlisted for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award took place in the historical past.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/tonimorrisonpulitzer.jpeg?itok=bxzaZOvS" width="160" height="122" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 May 2023 20:51:46 +0000 webfull 189651 at /channels