Both books were written during and/or immediately after the events in question, but show significant reflection; they are not autobiographical works, but fiction featuring invented characters.
Her fiction often features strong female characters, and explores themes of hope, humanity, and faith in the distant future.
Evenson's fiction often features characters struggling with moral, religious, and epistemological problems.
These fictions feature actual places and celebrities of the time.
London's fiction featured several suicides.
Bolaño's fiction repeatedly features a noirish hunt for a missing writer.
Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots.
He is read in all Indian languages, and his translated fiction regularly features in English and German collections, magazines, and complete texts:
Above all, this fiction features an extensive written simulation of regional vernacular, a conspicuous effort to catch the nuances of local speech" (115-116).