Welcome to Banana Oil Books. We are publishers of fine, Literary Fiction.
What is Literary Fiction?
Wikipedia says:
"Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970, principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is, work with claims to literary merit) from the many types of genre fiction and popular fiction. In broad terms, literary fiction focuses more on style, psychological depth, and character, whereas mainstream commercial fiction focuses more on narrative and plot.
What distinguishes literary fiction from other genres is somewhat subjective, and as in other artistic media, genres may overlap. Even so, literary fiction is generally characterized as distinctive based on its content and style ("literariness", the concern to be "writerly"). The term literary fiction is considered hard to define very precisely but is commonly associated with the criteria used in literary awards and marketing of certain kinds of novels, since literary prizes usually concern themselves with literary fiction, and their shortlists can give a working definition."
We say:
"Literary fiction is any sort of fictional story that doesn't have a speculative element and doesn't fit into genre fiction."
We are interested in collections as well as indivual book-length stories. We are currently looking for historical fiction but we are open to other themes as well.
If you have a manuscript you would like for us to consider, please send a query letter to cwizprod@gmail.com
Fine Literary Fiction
