nonfiction novel

...But facts are also ambiguous and are constantly being reinterpreted. American author T. Capote based a real-life case of a family of four being murdered on interviews with the murderer and other people involved in the case in his novel In Cold Blood (1966), which established the term "non-fiction novel." Also, A. Haley called his work Roots (1976), which is about his search for his ancestors, a "faction" (a combination of fact and fiction).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "nonfiction novel" is listed below.

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…しかし事実の意味も多義的なものであり，絶えず読み直されるものである。アメリカの作家T.カポーティは，実際に起きた一家4人皆殺し事件を，犯人をはじめ事件の関係者からのインタビューをもとに《冷血》(1966)に仕立て，〈ノンフィクション･ノベルnonfiction novel〉の語を定着させた。また，A.ヘーリーは自分の祖先を探し求めた作品《ルーツ》(1976)を〈ファクションfaction〉(factとfictionの合成語)と呼んだ。…

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