Google Answers Logo
View Question
 
Q: Ny Times bestseller ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
Question  
Subject: Ny Times bestseller
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: alma51-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 21 Nov 2005 23:20 PST
Expires: 21 Dec 2005 23:20 PST
Question ID: 596103
Who wrote the only book on the NY Times bestseller list to be moved
from fiction to nonfiction (and what was the title)?
Answer  
Subject: Re: Ny Times bestseller
Answered By: juggler-ga on 21 Nov 2005 23:37 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

The book was "Maus II" (1991) by Art Spiegelman.


"The New York Times Book Review listed MAUS II in its hardcover
fiction bestseller list. Spiegelman wrote to the Times, pointing out
that it was by no means fiction: "It's not as though my passages on
how to build a bunker and repair concentration camp boots got the book
onto your 'Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous' list. It's just that I
shudder to think how David Duke - if he could read - would respond to
seeing a carefully researched work based closely on my father's
memories of life in Hitler's Europe and in the death camps, classified
as fiction."
 In an unprecedented move, the Review published Spiegelman's letter
and then shifted the book to its non-fiction list."
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/26/1079939832769.html?from=storyrhs

"Maus II, was on the NY Times lists for both hardcover fiction and
non-fiction (it was originally mis-classified as fiction), back in
1991-2."
http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=001429

-------
search strategy:
"originally * classified as fiction"
"maus ii" fiction "new york times"
alma51-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $10.00
If this answer is correct, and I think it must be, it arrived within
moments of my asking. Amazing!

Comments  
Subject: Re: Ny Times bestseller
From: juggler-ga on 22 Nov 2005 00:12 PST
 
Thank you for the tip.
-juggler

Important Disclaimer: Answers and comments provided on Google Answers are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Google does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. Please read carefully the Google Answers Terms of Service.

If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by emailing us at answers-support@google.com with the question ID listed above. Thank you.
Search Google Answers for
Google Answers  


Google Home - Answers FAQ - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy