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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Absolutely. "It was historical fiction with literary elements/qualities... I think you'd like it."
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I thought you literally meant to say: "Well, it's historical fiction!" ... In any case, yes, I'd say it's literary (a Danish equivalent thereof, of course), if it's a person who reads literary book themselves. If it's someone of whom I know they don't read anything but the most trivial literature, I might talk about what the story is about instead.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
And would the person who asked the question be satisfied with that answer? Or would you probably have to elaborate further?
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That would depend entirely of the person. In most cases I am asked to explain what I read - in the rare case that anyone asks at all, that is - because I often read books that no-one else around here reads, by authors no-one has heard of because they haven't been translated into Danish. Usually people are just too baffled by the ebook reader that they forget to ask about the actual book...