Literary Friction Special - Elif Batuman
Literary Friction
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Is There a Difference Between a Novel and an Essay?
The title comes from kirkegarts, either or, which is a ook that's like, there's a part one and part two. So it's really a book written with a double consciousness. And the advantage of writing from sidon's point of view is she's just asking all these questions. The things that attracted me to novels when i was atinatur it's extremely political.
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