Dream Count is another bold, honest endeavour from Adichie to cut through hackneyed schema and really see people.
- Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
Francoise Sagan was just 18 when she published Bonjour Tristesse, her scandalous existentialist novel about a girl who feels too much. Now, it’s been adapted for film for a second time.
Writing from lived experience often has legitimacy, but autofiction has fictional elements that trouble the autobiographical pact.
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