However, the history of India’s independence from Britain in 1947 and the complications that resulted in the division/creation of two countries (Pakistan and India) has remained a murky mess in my understanding of India’s past. I have traveled to India consecutively over the past three years and I have learned a great deal about Indian culture and history from texts, conversation and films. Historical fiction gifts us the opportunity to meet and connect with characters from all over the world during a specific moment in history, learn about their lives (joys and struggles) and experience that very sweet spot in literature where fact and fiction mingle. However the content of historical fiction is often easier to contemplate and relate to than non-fiction. Our brains like to categorize…good and bad, young and old, fact and fiction, etc, hence the concept of historical fiction is difficult to grasp for many young readers. The word history is complex in nature, his-story (insert eye roll and a deep sigh here), which the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines first as:Ģ: a chronological record of significant events (such as those affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes We believe history to be true and fiction to be a concept or idea invented by the imagination. The term historical fiction may sound like an oxymoron.
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