Eugenides Tribute Video

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Finally getting around to posting my Eugenides tribute video, originally made as my gift for the qt_secretsanta.

Enjoy!

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Unreliable narrators

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Question:

I think everyone agrees that Gen is an unreliable narrator. I've seen the term thrown around a lot recently, though, and I'm wondering how exactly you all define that term.

I think, for example, that a narrator can be unreliable - meaning possessing a rather human trait - without being a specifically unreliable narrator - meaning one who conceals information for shock effect. I think Gen is both those things, and that's one reason why the twists in the books are so organic.

Am I misinterpreting a literary term, or is it one that is open to interpretation?