7/4/2023 0 Comments Grace a novel paul lynchWe should do well to remember what Emerson said about history: “time turns to shining ether the solid angularity of facts”. Historical fiction is contemporary fiction and cannot be anything else. A novelist can summon what the reader believes to be an authentic past but it is an impossibility to write truthfully of any other time than your own. I consider myself very lucky to be on it.Īs to my being an “historical novelist”, I would say that all historical novels are deeply contemporary - the novelist and their writing is given shape by the heat and pressure of the times they live in. A lot of great novels pass by each year without attention and a big prize such as the Walter Scott helps put such books on the table before the public. It is wonderful to find yourself on a prize shortlist. Q: What do you think about being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction? Do you see yourself as a historical novelist? Paul Lynch talks to us about his wonderful lyrical novel Grace.
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