This Is Not a Novel is a highly inventive work which drifts "genre-less," somewhere in between fiction, nonfiction, and psychological memoir. In the opening pages of the "novel," a narrator, called only "Writer," announces that he is tired of inventing characters, contemplating plot, setting, theme,
This is Not a Novel
โ Scribed by Markson, David
- Book ID
- 108648563
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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