Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How do you feel about autofiction? Is it lazy, confusing or narcissistic? Or revealing and fascinating? Could it just be a new way of labelling a style of fiction that has been around forever? People April feels like a good excuse to discuss this literary controversy so share your thoughts in the comments. You could even make a response video if you are incensed or inspired by my opinion.

Books or authors mentioned:
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener translated by Julia Sanches
PD James
JM Coetzee
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Karl Ove Knausgard
Annie Ernaux
Outline by Rachel Cusk
The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald

For more about People April check my cohost Elisabeth's channel @bouquinsbooks youtu.be/Gt-_GfGU4wk?si=7izPg8ncK6c-8NLa