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Originally Posted by desertblues
Well, I wondered about this nomination of mine as well, but I thought 'someone will chip in to ask if this is non-fiction or not'.
I am not sure; it is about a true event, but obviously the narrator wasn't present. Does he have to be?
I searched some on the internet; here from Wikipedia:
"Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be factual. This presentation may be accurate or not—that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question—however, it is generally assumed that authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition or, at least, pose them to their audience as historically or empirically true. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a non-fiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying it is true that people believe them (for such topics as mythology, religion). Non-fiction can also be written about fiction, giving information about these other works."
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I'll leave the validity of my nomination to you and will withdraw it without a murmur, if asked.  |
Interesting post that has me pondering non-fiction. To me, I see historical non-fiction as an account where everything is represented as true or as close as can be known, and any speculation and such is clearly presented as such. Whereas something like historical fiction can weave fictional elements into true historical events making it look in the context of the story as if it were all true, even the fictional parts. I looked The Elephant's Journey up and it still looks more like historical fiction to me, and it's listed everywhere as one of his "novels". It's an interesting nomination; I'm just not sure if it's non-fiction.
What say others about it?
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Another question: does the nomination have to be an ebook?
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Nope, no restrictions on that.