Fiction and non-fiction
One of the peculiarities of the Anglo-American book cultures is, to my mind, the habit of dividing prose into fiction and non-fiction. As far as I know, no other cultural tradition does it. In French bookshops, books are categorised as literature (novels) - subdivided into French novels, foreign novels, youth/teenager novels, fantasy/science-fiction and…
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