In a message dated 14/09/01 00:40:09 GMT Daylight Time,
matrxtech@yahoo.com writes:
<<
We need a name for this kind of fiction that watches
life
dispassionately and avoids heroes and heroism entirely.
I
half-heartedly propose the adjective "Simenonal"
or
"Simenonic". It could be called "existentialist", but
the
term has lost its punch, unfortunately.
>>
I would go along with Simenonesque, or maybe Raymondish (I
think Derek Raymond has a similarly dispassionate view of the
horrors he sees). Does Simenon have much of a following in
the states? I have found it very difficult to find him in
print in the UK, apart from French language copies sold as
school texts. World Exhausted? I appreciate the tips for
writers in this mode, of which I am a fan. All the best
Colin
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