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		jccooper on Jan 28, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When arts die, they turn into hobbies Sure, but it's not "literary fiction". You can tell because it has a plot and I can find it in a bookstore. Literary fiction is the "art for art's sake" side of fiction writing.

dgabriel on Jan 28, 2015 [–]

No... that's not true at all. Books like Lolita, Catch-22, Animal Farm, and To Kill a Mockingbird are all considered literary fiction.

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