This is not a novel
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Markson
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190 pages
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English
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This experimental work is an enthralling amalgamation of anecdotes, aphorisms, and quotations from writers and artists, interspersed with self-reflexive comments by the Writer who has assembled them. As the title implies, this is certainly not a novel -- not in the general sense of the term. And yet a reader who follows the flow will gradually notice certain novelistic conventions insinuating themselves. Writer -- as the narrator refers to himself -- is tired of inventing characters and subjecting them to the rigors of plot development. Instead, historical personages from Dickens to Beethoven recur throughout the book: They re born, create, speak fondly or acidly of their own work and the work of others, and then die. (Death, in fact, is a major concern of Writer.) Works of art interlock and interrelate; diary entries, attributions, and critical comments jostle for position. But what at first appear to be random bits of historical trivia ultimately come together with a narrative logic: a beginning, middle, and end. So while Markson has jettisoned the standard conflict-and-resolution pattern of a novel, he nevertheless fashions a literary journey that gets somewhere. Indeed, the book s conclusion will come as an intensely moving surprise to those who reach it.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Markson, D. (2001). This is not a novel . Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Markson, David. 2001. This Is Not a Novel. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Markson, David. This Is Not a Novel Counterpoint, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Markson, David. This Is Not a Novel Counterpoint, 2001.
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