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Literary Fiction – In A Class Of Its Own?Posted at 7:48AM Monday 04 Mar 2013 Historically, the distinctions between "literary" and "mainstream" fiction have been very blurred: authors and publishers want to be considered literary, but they also want the financial rewards of a book making it into mainstream reviews and sales, even as the traditional proponents of literary fiction – broadsheet reviews, independent booksellers and libraries – are squeezed. As genres are ever more refined and micromanaged, taking a stand for literary fiction makes sense.
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