Post by account_disabled on Nov 25, 2023 13:26:53 GMT 8
What's wrong with our literature? I can't explain why it doesn't attract me, even though last year I met Michele Mari, who I can't wait to read again, and reading some previews of Donato Carrisi's books I'm tempted to read him. What are readers reading today? Some say that we no longer read monumental books like we used to. It is not true. IT by Stephen King is still read, yet it exceeds 1000 pages. Ken Follett has published a series of historical novels of over 1000 pages – I'm reading World Without End which has over 1300 – and those books sell. what they couldn't have read 10, 20, 30 years ago. They want novelty, which does not necessarily mean originality. They want novels that leave their mark, that leave them with a sense of nostalgia. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are capable of writing books like this? Where are the 21st century readers? There was a time when readers were at home and had to make do with the books they found. In ancient times people read in libraries, whoever could.
Only 30 years ago, to read you had to leave the house and go to a bookshop. If you lived in a small town with 2000 inhabitants, you might have had to reach your provincial capital 50-60 km away to buy a book. Now you buy books in Phone Number Data front of a computer. No, this happened some time ago, now you can buy books even while walking down the street, when you are in line at the post office or sitting on the train. And you buy them with your cell phone, with the tablet you have in your bag or with your ebook reader. Where are today's readers? Everywhere. Like it or not, today readers no longer live in a single reality, but live two at the same time: the physical one and the virtual one. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are present in these two worlds? What communication is like in the 21st century If reading has changed, our way of communicating has changed even before. I
t is the two realities we live in that have imposed these changes on us. Think about how difficult it once was, perhaps at the end of the nineteenth century or, without going back that far, in the 1960s, to contact a writer for an interview. It was a luxury that only newspapers and magazines could afford. Now it is within everyone's reach. Unfortunately, nothing has changed for some writers and even today it is impossible to trace them, but fortunately there are many who have understood - and accepted - the change taking place, the change that has actually occurred, and have adapted to the innovative spirit of our time. I don't want to give the usual speech about the importance of blogs and social media, not as separate and distinct realities, at least, because it is obvious that they are not. They are just part of 21st century communication. How is communication today? Cross-media. It's on multiple platforms at the same time.
Only 30 years ago, to read you had to leave the house and go to a bookshop. If you lived in a small town with 2000 inhabitants, you might have had to reach your provincial capital 50-60 km away to buy a book. Now you buy books in Phone Number Data front of a computer. No, this happened some time ago, now you can buy books even while walking down the street, when you are in line at the post office or sitting on the train. And you buy them with your cell phone, with the tablet you have in your bag or with your ebook reader. Where are today's readers? Everywhere. Like it or not, today readers no longer live in a single reality, but live two at the same time: the physical one and the virtual one. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are present in these two worlds? What communication is like in the 21st century If reading has changed, our way of communicating has changed even before. I
t is the two realities we live in that have imposed these changes on us. Think about how difficult it once was, perhaps at the end of the nineteenth century or, without going back that far, in the 1960s, to contact a writer for an interview. It was a luxury that only newspapers and magazines could afford. Now it is within everyone's reach. Unfortunately, nothing has changed for some writers and even today it is impossible to trace them, but fortunately there are many who have understood - and accepted - the change taking place, the change that has actually occurred, and have adapted to the innovative spirit of our time. I don't want to give the usual speech about the importance of blogs and social media, not as separate and distinct realities, at least, because it is obvious that they are not. They are just part of 21st century communication. How is communication today? Cross-media. It's on multiple platforms at the same time.