The delicate fictions of the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata were also a great early influence.
Dozens of adaptations of his difficult, delicate fictions have been produced since his death, all trying (and most failing) to capture something of his essence, the elusive beast in the verbal jungle.
Mullan asks whether "a delicate Jamesian fiction" could have borne the weight of a character with a name as silly as "Haddock"; I say, Let's put nothing past a writer who gave his leading men names like "Lambert" and "Merton".
The lack of markings on soldiers' uniforms and vehicles didn't fool anyone, but it allowed for a couple of delicate legal fictions.
This follow-up to Dreamland, Baker's 1999 novel about Coney Island, is both an example of his talents as a historian and, occasionally, a warning about the power of facts to upend the delicate balance of fiction.
We separate right from wrong, fact from fiction, delicates from permanent-press!" In response, Colbert ended that segment of the show with his own "60 Minutes -style apology.
Carey's nuanced scepticism follows similar top-end grumblings from former winners AS Byatt and Graham Swift, as well as from critics who fear that the decision may see American fiction steamroller delicate new talent from smaller English-speaking nations.
No matter how frank, the autobiographical photo always involves a delicate balance of truth and fiction, artlessness and art.
And yet, as Ms. Hudes described it, each play is a delicate negotiation between fact and fiction, between the experiences of her relatives and the dramatic necessity of the play.
The fanciful Sitka of "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" plays the delicate, infinitely complex game of fiction fairly: this place is so vividly imagined you practically need a parka and a prayer shawl to get from one page to the next, but it's also blatantly impossible, and that's its saving grace.
