“The Anglo-American tradition is much more linear than the European tradition. If you think about writers like Borges, Calvino, Perec or Marquez, they're not bound in the same sort of way. They don't come out of the classic 19th-century novel, which is where all the problems start. 19th-century novels are fabulous and we should all read them, but we shouldn't write them.” IfsThinkingWayShouldWritingProblemNovelCenturyTraditionBoundsClassicFabulous19th CenturyLinearBorgesAmerican TraditionMarquez Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Perhaps there are only a few women who experience without deception the overwhelming intoxication of the senses which they expectfrom their encounters with men, which they feel bound to expect because of the fuss made about it in novels, written by men.” MenFeelsMadeNovelWrittenBoundsSexualitySensesDeceptionEncountersOverwhelmingFemininityIntoxication Book:I'm Not Stiller Source: I'm Not Stiller
“The short story is at an advantage over the novel, and can claim its nearer kinship to poetry, because it must be more concentrated, can be more visionary, and is not weighed down (as the novel is bound to be) by facts, explanation, or analysis. I do not mean to say that the short story is by any means exempt from the laws of narrative: it must observe them, but on its own terms.” MeanFactsStoriesLawTermFictionNovelAdvantageClaimsBoundsNarrativeAnalysisExplanationPoetry IsShort StoryVisionariesKinship Book:Stories Source: Stories