What fiction provides is not ‘information’ or ‘facts’ in the way that guidebooks or think pieces dispense things such as instructions on navigating the so-called new normal. In Glenn Diaz’s essay on the function of fiction in the time of the pandemic, he says, “Fictional stories are most ‘instructive,’ I feel, in these moments of overlaps and slippages, when they approximate our ‘real’ experiences and perceptions just enough that we are jarred to take a second hard look. ![]() The success of online book fairs such as Aklatan and the ease of having a book - or books - delivered to your home have certainly satiated our need to explore worlds elsewhere or understand the direness of our situation. ![]() ![]() Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) - I’d like to think there are more Filipinos who read this year.
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