That would be such an ego boost lol.

I mean magical realism is sort of inherently absurd, that's the point of it. You can't really play straight with a grounded, realistic world while simultaneously introducing some fantastical, mythical, or otherwise supernatural elements.

It sounds like you just don't care for magical realism as a whole which is fine, but I don't think there's too much more to it than you simply don't like what the genre entails. Master and the Margarita is one of my favorite books, a prime example of magical realism.... And also is theatrically absurd because again that's the main crux of the genre aside from a plethora of social/cultural/political critiques. The magical aspect is purposely absurd to contrast against the realism.

Give Mistborn a try.

Sounds like it's not for you.

Do worry son, you are correct. It is just that a large part of humanity doesn’t care for the nuance of language and how to use it effectively especially on line. Few think about the consequences of wording in their inconsequential posts. All OP had to say was: This article answers the question: why did...

But I’d have shit myself if they then started their post by say: As the title say... because yeah, I know what the title says. Get to you point.

Anyway, there is a lot of shut unthinking people do that will bother the thoughtful. I do t know where you are in age, but as an old man you realize your only option is to enduring and suffer ignorance.

While the sort of thing that happens in Oliver Twist is based to some degree on fact, Dickens has always tended towards writing caricatures, which was in fact common with a lot of Victorian literature at the time. In a Dickens book, if a guy was bad, he was cartoonishly, vindictively, bad. If someone was good, they were saintly good.

Not every adult in those days was as evil as they seem in Oliver Twist (I mean the fact that Dickens, an adult, was writing about how horrible these conditions were suggests he was not alone in his opinion). But for the story he is telling, he had to make them extra horrible to get his message across.

Not all people will appreciate all works or styles of art. Art is fundamentally subjective, and there is nothing wrong with not relating to a certain genre.

Life is far too short to waste time and energy trying to force yourself to engage with unappealing books. I would recommend moving on and spending your time with book styles that you like, or trying out genres with which you're not yet familiar.

It was to

A. Not flood the market with his books

B. Write pulpier stuff as opposed to horror. It’s why most of the Bachman books (apart from thinner) are more sci-fi/ crime

I feel the same about romance.

I think those were also a break from his usual genre weren't they?

This article was written by a drunk AI.

Tax evasion

Hello.

I have been searching for a published book of letters between Yasanuri Kawabata and Yukio Mishima, printed in an English translation, and seem to be coming up short.

I have found listings of the book in Spanish, French, and it's native Japanese, but nothing of it's publication in English.

Is anyone aware of any English translation exists, or am I chasing something that doesn't exist?

Worst case scenario, I will buy in Spanish, since my Spanish is better than my Japanese. But I'd prefer it in English, since my English is better than both.

All of the original four Bachman books were written before King was even published, much less got into coke.

On Writing, is good. Stephen King knows he’ll never be a great writer. He works his ass off getting to good and as far as story structure he is. Readability? Everyone reads him. He makes a compelling case.

Sure, which makes far more sense when you're reading articles on a website called 'Bit of Trivia' ... But on a social media platform, where discussion happens between people, a post where the title is a question heavily implies that the OP is actually asking said question, and wants / is expecting people to answer ... Which, we can argue that that's just my opinion/interpretation of what's happening, but I'd say the shear number of comments giving answers -- and the fact that not a single comment is discussing the article OP linked to -- means I'm not in the minority here...

IDK, I know my account is new, but I've been browsing reddit for years now, and I still get tripped-up on these kinds of posts... I click through to see people's answers only to realize the OP wasn't really asking, they were telling...

The title of the post is the title of the article

Not really.

Most of thr Bachman booms are from those coke days.

Upvoting you and downvoting the OP. The answer is an interesting story, but it’s widely known, and for those who don’t know the answer to the question, it’s easy to discover.

The desired name Steve McQueen was already taken

Welcome to karma farming. Fake internet points are a way of life.

It’s cuz he squeezed out so many books that no one cared anymore, if you write enough subpar books one is bound to be decent just no one cares anymore

I believe he also did a stint as an investment banker somewhere in there.

Because he thought hearing people refer to one "Dick bag man" would be funny