contemporary fiction

collocation in English

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contemporary
adjective
uk
/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Innumerable periodical and official reports and evencontemporaryfictionsuggest that antagonism and conflict were at the centre of the relationship between both groups.
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It was followed by picture books, traditional retellings, historical andcontemporaryfiction, biography and autobiographical works.
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Sometimes brutal, but always realistic, this will find an audience among teens looking for grittycontemporaryfiction.
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He speculates thatcontemporaryfictionmay be undergoing a return to myth, completing a full circle through the five modes.
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Many of its collections are works of classic orcontemporaryfiction, and the mezzanine level contains a compact disc listening area.
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He wrote the real life story because he felt men were misrepresented incontemporaryfiction.
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However, his impact is still broadly and deeply felt in some of the most celebrated authors ofcontemporaryfiction.
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Her letters contain many allusions tocontemporaryfiction, often to such small details as to show that she was thoroughly familiar with what she read.
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Contemporaryfictionmust relearn how to propose and leap into embodying its proposal.
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Her novels and shorter works include paranormal, fantasy, andcontemporaryfiction.
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This book explores and advances a pluralistic view of the meaning ofcontemporaryfictionas it relates to the quantum-defined view of reality.
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Their backlist includes works ofcontemporaryfiction, poetry and non-fiction titles in media studies, social history and politics.
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The focus of the magazine iscontemporaryfictionand poetry, but it also publishes drama and creative non-fiction.
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Parthian is an editorially-led publishing house, which publishes a range ofcontemporaryfiction, poetry, drama as well as art books.
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She writes femalecontemporaryfictionwhich is viewed to be at the high end of the chick lit market.
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Later it published a host of titles by world leaders and historians, along withcontemporaryfictionand glossy illustrated books.
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The essay criticised the trivial and ridiculous plots ofcontemporaryfictionby women.
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It includes a mix of classic andcontemporaryfictionand nonfiction, including plays, personal narratives, poetry, and more to help build reading comprehension and verbal skills.
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The publishing house now specialises in providing libraries and the public worldwide with reinforced editions of brand newcontemporaryfiction, as well as rare or previously unpublished works.
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