Historical fiction

Authors use many techniques to create and develop themes in their novels, in their respective genres. Junot Diaz weaves a unique blend of genres together including historical narrative, traditional realism, and science fiction in order to capture his and many others’ experiences as immigrants, especially Dominicans, in America. Diaz’s unique identity and literary voice is a pivotal element of his body of work. In his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Diaz…

The McTavish Regressions by McTavish & Burette provides a historical fiction twist on the psycho-therapeutic procedure known as Past Life Regression. Past Life Regression practitioners believe that a person’s inexplicable fetish or desire stems from an experience in one of his past lives. Dr. Wallace McTavish, a Past Life Regression specialist, meets his new patient, Laura. Born with a physical disability, Laura spent her entire life stuck in a wheelchair. Thus, she could not fathom why she…

yourself as well as an unborn child. Imagine that you are no longer welcome in a place where you once were. You have to flee for your life and stay in hiding to survive. A book that is recommended for mature, young-adult readers Pam Jenoff’s historical fiction novel, The Orphan’s Tale, is an inspiring, heartwarming, and heart-wrenching tale of sacrificial love and survival in the darkest times. Taking place during war-torn Europe, young Noa has become pregnant by a Nazi soldier and is cast out…

does one tell the difference between literary fiction and commercial fiction? The authors of literary fiction use an artistic approach to writing, and employ stylistic devices to convey their message. Consequently, readers must be familiar with literary terms and devices that can be used to construct pieces of literature in order to aide in deciphering the author’s underlying message. Readers must also have a broad range of knowledge about historical, political, social, world, moral and other…

Over 50 years ago Thomas Keneally wrote his first novel, ‘The Place at Whitton’. Since that time he has written 35 novels, 18 non fiction books, 5 screenplays and 5 plays. He has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award five times and won it twice. His books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize four times and he has won it once. He has won the Prime Ministers Literary Award, the New South Wales Premiers Literary Award and the LA Times Book of the year. He is an Officer for the…

Bruce W. Longenecker’s book Lost Letters of Perfamum has been a delightful easy read. This book is both educational and easily entertaining. The book is a fictional account of letters discovered in the city of Pergamum that once belonged to Antipas, the martyr mentioned in Revelation 2:13 who died in Pergamum. These letters inspired what Longenecker produced which is to be although fictional but seems more of a narrative to the history that is going on. Longenecker’s Antipas was a Roman…

What would you do if you went back in time to 1864? Would you want to stay or go back home? Mac Dougan, the main character in the historical fiction book A Pitch In Time chose to stay for a while then go back home to 2005. This is a slow moving book that gives a lot of details about standing up for yourself, I would recommend this to people who like historical fiction and sports and for ages 10-12. When Mac moved from Georgia to Michigan, he tumbled off of his bike and woke up in the…

Fiction Novels and Their Impact On My Life
 As a child, giant books scared me, so watching my older brother finish an 800 page harry potter book in less than a day blew my little 8 year old mind. Since that historical moment in time, I have grown an addiction to fiction books. Watching a writer’s imagination come to life through ink on paper was amazing, and I strove to capture the same images in my own mind. The brilliant fiction novels I read when I was younger, the environment my brother and…

1. Ferdinand Blaudel’s three layers of historical time are essential in the second wave of the Annale’s scholarship. How are the concepts of “long durée”, “medium durée”, and “histoire événementielle reflective of Structuralist ideals? As stated in Houses of History: A critical reader in twentieth-century history and theory, “An analyst of society will seek to elucidate these structures.” How can historians examine evidence in a way that will break down barriers and make ideas clearer? Should…

Do you like mysteries? How bout historical fiction? Then Witness is the book for you! According to Goodreads.com, “ Karen Hesse Newbery award winning skills are put to great use in Witness, a poetic tale about friendship, fanaticism, and the deadly undercurrent of racial prejudice…” Some people may think that historical fiction is boring, but Karen Hesse does a wonderful job at writing poetically, foreshadowing, and expressing all of the character's emotions in her book Witness. The way that…