> Why not?
> Which?
Why is everyone so insistent on making everything hardboiled?
Kafka's Trial is not. It just isn't.
German existentialism, experimental fiction, but not
hardboiled.
If you think it is, make your case for it. Why just ask
everyone else?
HB: An American invention that has since travelled the world,
influenced many types of literature, as I'm sure other types
of literature have travelled and done. And sure, Kafka
influenced crime writers just like he influenced poets and
journalists and horror writers. I don't care which
ones.
I agree with earlier posts. HB writing (and a step or two
away) discussions found here. We can't make everything
hardboiled, even other things we're interested in: "Isn't the
work of Don DeLillo and other postmodern writers somewhat
hardboiled because--" No, it isn't. "Which type of sport--"
Big deal. (I only mentioned horse racing and boxing because
of how related those two sports are to hardboiled fiction.
They keep showing up in the books and scripts. Not talking
about the merits of the sport itself).
"What type of music--" Again, only mentioned Vandermark 5
because it was a direct tribute to Noir writers and
movies.
Do I seem a bit grumpy? Good. That's hardboiled, but not
about fiction, so no more about that.
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