Fiction Journal; Could it Be Real?
September 12, 2006 by Heather Goldsmith
Filed under Home & Living
Joyce and Kristine Atkinson stumbled onto something really good when they chose to present their novel Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason as an artistic journal. Readers are gripped from the outset and left wondering if the story is in fact real.
A quick read through the reviews on Amazon even has me intrigued. It makes me wonder if we may see more of these artistic journal style novels in the future. Please share any others you know using the comments section below.
Find out more on the authors’ website Who Is Amy Zoe Mason?
My favorite author of this genre is Nick Bantock, who I think mastered it long ago with his “Griffine & Sabine” trilogy. “The Venetian’s Wife” is also a good one. Brian Froud also did something along these lines with “Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book”, and there’s a whole series of “-ology” books for Young Adults (Dragonology, Piratology, etc) that are similar to this genre.
Personally, I’m in awe of the amount of cross-disciplinary skill it takes to do this.
Thanks for this Gray. I knew there were more books like this, but couldn’t for the life of me recall the titles or authors. Thanks again.
I recently picked up this book and enjoyed not only the art of the collages inside, but the story itself.
It gave a little hope to a writer/visual journalist like myself…that my two loves could come together and become a book!
Thanks for your comment Kira. I’ve only read/heard positive feedback about this book. Looks like I must get my hands on it now.