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Beatrice and Virgil, by Yann Martel
The novel begins with Henry, a writer, explaining his follow up to a successful debut. This second work is a flip book. One half is narrative fiction. The other half is an essay. The whole is meant to promote an opening in Holocaust fiction. Henry complains that the genre is flooded by historical fiction. There are other ways to tell the stories of the Holocaust. His grand experiment is shot down by his editor and his editor's allies. Not only will the format not work, but the text doesn't work. Henry's critics aren't as harsh as Ozick might have been, but they essentially kill Henry's creative spirit...
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