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Strange or not, the truth is that this Spanish author’s assertion reveals the tension that exists between History (understood as a narration of real facts) and fiction (understood as a product of free imagination) at the very center of the trade of writers. For instance, the Spanish civil war in El jinete polaco, or the long period from the Middle Ages to the Second World War in Sefarad. It was a strange statement coming from an author who, in many of his novels, often resorts to historical settings, historical decor, backdrops, or however we want to call it. I remember reading an interview where Antonio Muñoz Molina pointed out that history was quite interesting in itself and did not need the addition of fiction. The agreements appear to only go as far as this. All seem to agree that a historical fiction must take place in the past, must principally involve at least one real-life character, and must include some level of ambiance reconstruction.
STILL FROM «RUSSIAN ARK» (2002), BY ALEXANDER SOKUROVĮven specialists find it difficult to unambiguously define the historical novel or, as I prefer to call it, historical fiction.
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