I suppose you could say that 'Tides' is a bit of a metafiction, but I hesitate to use that word because it sounds as if the story is far more experimental, hermetic - whatever - than I think it is. A short while ago the reading group I'm in had a couple of writing-group sessions, and I brought this story and made the mistake of calling it metafiction, and I think it put people off and they approached it fairly critically. (I think they liked it in the end, though!). See, that's the danger of labels, yet they're what we're stuck with in this marketing literary culture...
Anyway, I'd be really interested to know what other people think. You can read the story here.
Many thanks to Kate Brown, Fiction Editor at The View From Here.
Crossposted with Fictionbitch.
2 comments:
ELlizabeth, it's so wonderful to read a new story of yours! I loved it, I don't care what labels are put onto it, it's a story, a story of stories, a love story, tragic, hopeful, moving. Thanks for this, and to Kate for publishing it.
So glad you liked it, Tania! Thanks for reading.
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