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What the Novel Cannot Do
The novel has always been the art form most committed to individual consciousness. In an age that doubts the coherence of the self, that commitment has become a problem.
William Kessler13 min read
The novel has always been the art form most committed to individual consciousness. In an age that doubts the coherence of the self, that commitment has become a problem.
Every decade announces the death of serious fiction. Every decade is wrong. What the current moment in American letters actually looks like — from inside it.