Helen Dunmore warns the Hay festival of the dangers in fictionalising history
Novelists are in 'dangerous territory' when they use real-life figures, Helen Dunmore tells a Hay festival audience
Novelists are straying into "dangerous territory" when they fictionalise the lives of real historical figures, the Orange prize-winning writer Helen Dunmore – author of bestselling novels about Stalinist Russia – told an audience at the Guardian Hay festival today.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 31 May, 2010
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