Current American Authors: Wroblewksi or Niffenegger – Will they last?
Current American authors like David Wroblewski or Audrey Niffenegger draw in their readers using a different set of circumstances. These authors implore our wildest imaginations to take us on a quest through the use of characterization and setting so vivid that readers are led to feel every aspect and emotion as if we are running through time with Henry DeTamble or smelling the straw in the barn with Edgar Sawtelle. With their timeless, yet innovative writing, readers laugh, cry, become angry, feel pity, hurt, demand results and show desire for these representations of American life because they are an escape from, rather than an immersion in, reality. Modern American Authors: Literary Giants of the Future? But will these novels have the same lasting presence as those from our past? Will they be discussed, talked about, and taught in schools and colleges around the world along side the great To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)? With 17 weeks on the New York Times best seller list, The Time Tra
