A fall for major literary fiction?
By Hillel ItalieAssociated Press
August 24, 2005NEW YORK --
As the fall season approaches, the book world is still searching for this year's great American novel.
"Looking across the landscape, there were supposed to be some literary novels that blew everybody away. But for various reasons they didn't quite perform," says Jonathan Burnham, vice president and publisher of HarperCollins, which released last year's National Book Award winner, Lily Tuck's "The News From Paraguay."
"I think everyone is still waiting for the book that everyone greets as the big literary book," says John Sterling, president and publisher of Henry Holt. "People thought it would be a strong year for fiction, but it hasn't turned out that way."
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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