Is this a serious work of literature or genre fiction tier?
>muh genre fiction
Not all fiction needs to be about existential crises and melodramatic family problems.
Take the stick out of your ass and just read it if you want to.
>>9164373
There was and has been no greater Scot stylist; of course it's lit, as is the GG for the very same reason. Read his essays.
>>9164373
It's quite good. If you insist on genre distinctions, I'd label it as a 'great fairy tale' in the same way "Alice in Wonderland" or "Huckleberry Finn" are, so yes it's literature.