A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.
Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of their work are basically undemocratic. The book still stands as an entity on its own.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.
With any book, I try to find where the manner of the making of the book is appropriate to the matter of the subject.
Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.
It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.
A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.
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