The site has since evolved to cover a wide range of literary genres spanning from ancient literature to current fiction and poetry.
The same can said for many other works (which stand up well to comparison with current fiction).
Like many other current political fictions, these take a skewed approach to realities too fraught to face head-on.
Some of the state-run publishers offered current fiction alongside their usual fare of picture books.
Thieves are also stealing popular magazines, current fiction and reference books from public libraries across the country.
It's a class of people familiar to readers of current fiction.
But a genre opposed to current fiction.
You'd be surprised at how much current Western fiction they manage to read.
In Barthelme's case, this kind of packaging seems oddly timed, since his influence on current fiction is if anything at a low ebb.
Even when they fall from grace, heroes in current fiction tend to do so rather glamorously, diving instead of tripping.