

New York Times Book Review (27 January 1988).There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction there’s only narrative.

talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. You start from nothing and learn as you go. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. That’s why every generation writes it anew. He held the Glucksman Chair in American Letters at New York University. There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction there’s only narrative.Įdgar Lawrence Doctorow ( 6 January 1931 - July 21, 2015) is an American author of several critically acclaimed novels that blend history and social criticism.
