A good review of a weird take on information responsibility, reporting, and the potential for non-fiction to attain the exalted status of “art.”
This brings us to D’Agata’s other outrageous proposition — that one needn’t concern oneself with facts because rarely are facts reliable, and that belief alone should be considered as muscular as fact, even when the belief has been proved to be based on invention. As long as a story “is believed by somebody,” he writes, “I consider it a legitimate potential history.” Hogwash.
‘The Lifespan of a Fact,’ by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal - NYTimes.com
No comments:
Post a Comment