Grunge Literature
Beginning of paper
What quality in a novel is it which prompts it to be labelled as "grunge
literature"? And why do so many authors of books which fall into this
genre object so strenuously to the label?
Grunge is the literature and fiction of young people living in inner cities
around the world, it is not a new gen ....
Middle of paper
.... that
bluntly reflect the nihilism of the generation X-ers. They follow in the
footsteps of the US grunge writers, inspired first by Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero, American Psycho.
The River Ophelia was Ettler's first published novel but was written after
Marilyn's Almost Terminal New York Adventure which has just been released.
The River Ophelia was a 'heavy duty' novel. Confronting, repetitive and
relentless in its portrayal of an obsessive, self-abusive woman called
'Justine' and h ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
