Economy: Economic News, Policy & Analysis - The Washington Post: Why are novelists wary of writing about Wall Street?

Economy: Economic News, Policy & Analysis - The Washington Post Economy News: Get the latest headlines and in-depth coverage of economic news, policy, analysis and more from The Washington Post.

Why are novelists wary of writing about Wall Street? Mar 3rd 2012, 18:53 British writer John Lanchester, who recently wrote a best-selling novel about the economic crisis, explains why writers of literary fiction are reluctant to write about high finance: The third and final reason why the literary [sic] is wary of the financial concerns [is] complexity. ... In order to put the full complexity of these worlds into a story, you would have to explain complicated subjects, and give the explanation however much time and space it needs. But you can't explain in fiction, not like that and not at that necessary length... explanations break fiction. It's fine in small doses, as a dollop of rationale before the main course of drama, but anything longer and the reader wakes hours later to the familiar clanking noise of the milkman delivering bottles to the front door... Read full article >>

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions