Greatness. When it comes to listing authors and novels that are so the goto often seems to be ones from bygone eras. Hemingway; Dostoyevsky; Dickens; Austen; Twain; Bronte and in terms of books, Wuthering Heights, War & Peace, The Iliad, etc. It is fine to say those are great books and authors. But come on. There are many, many authors of our own times who are just as capable. Same of novels. We should be celebrating those as well. Sure, they are respected and some do give them their proper R.E.S.P.E.C.T, as Aretha puts it. Not nearly as much as they deserve though IMO.
Readers also deserve props. Just go into a bookstore these days and the novels on the shelves testify to their good taste and discernment.
In short, I applaud our era and lament that this isn't the general sentiment among everyone, though probably as I suspect much more people on AW appreciate current literature than among the general population.
So what is your opinion on the matter, if I may inquire?
Readers also deserve props. Just go into a bookstore these days and the novels on the shelves testify to their good taste and discernment.
In short, I applaud our era and lament that this isn't the general sentiment among everyone, though probably as I suspect much more people on AW appreciate current literature than among the general population.
So what is your opinion on the matter, if I may inquire?