BTW, not saying they don't value books. Lots of people in govt want to help people, doesn't keep them from making a royal mess of it at every chance.
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BTW, not saying they don't value books. Lots of people in govt want to help people, doesn't keep them from making a royal mess of it at every chance.
Traditional publishing nowadays is all about crossover genres as more editors and publishers are exposed to global trends originating out of the Frankfurt Book Fair for example. And yes, I agree that much of North American literature during the second half of the 20th century was dumbed down to attract the largest numbers of readers but this wasn't the case in other countries. Read a few English-language translations of Finnish, German, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese novelists. They didn't conform to any one genre nor were they edited to death by white, straight male editors who formed the establishment of the 50s, 60s and 70s. How do publishers make a royal mess at every chance? I read amazing works by writers published by FSG, Europa, Bloomsbury, Gray Wolf and other literary presses. There are so many incredible works of fiction out there. I'm currently reading Judas by Israeli author Amos Oz (incredible) and The Three Body Problem, a sophisticated sci-fi novel by Cixin Liu which won the Hugo in 2015.