Writers of historical fiction will offer all sorts of answers to that question. Reviewers will have even more. They will probably all be correct, from their point of view. One perspective is that all history is fiction. We only know of any event from … [Read more...]
How Fiction Becomes Truth
The great painting by Johannes Vermeer, “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” is sometimes called “The Mona Lisa of the North.” I visited it once in The Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Netherlands. That girl’s gaze will rivet the most impatient viewer. I … [Read more...]