Friday, February 03, 2006

Literary Low: Nasdijj




Where to start. Another literary fraud. This time it's a Native American writer named Nasdijj who wrote a memoir about caring for his dying son with AIDS. A friend insisted I read this book. I bought it and saved it for a special time when I was prepared to read a person of color's experience whose life was truly affected by AIDS. It turns out, he is NOT Native American and he did NOT care for a child that died of AIDS. This is a new low.

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

Aaargh...no wonder the literary fiction market is suffering. All the fiction writers are trying to sell their books as memoirs. Shady, shady, shady.