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Serious question about that book club debate on historical fiction vs non-fiction
I was at a book club meetup in Portland last week where half the room argued that a novel based on real events was more honest than a straight history book, while the other half said that's just fiction with extra steps, so which side actually captures the truth better?
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evan_morgan812d agoMost Upvoted
Buddy of mine went to a similar debate in Seattle. He was on team fiction. Said a history book just gives you facts, but a novel makes you feel what it was actually like to be there.
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