![]() ![]() Since it is chiefly in its presence that the world's reality resides, our task is now to create a literature which takes that presence into account." ![]() But this was merely an illusory simplification and far from becoming clearer and closer because of it, the world has only, little by little, lost all its life. ![]() We had thought to control it by assigning it a meaning, and the entire art of the novel, in particular, seemed dedicated to this enterprise. "The same is true of the world around us. I've decided to share a few excerpts from various essays that I found particularly potent. While I'll be the first to admit that some of the essays contained within pale in comparison to others, overall it's a very worthwhile collection, particularly if one needs help articulating why experimental fiction is far more progressive (and not necessarily in the "grand narrative" sense) than (for want of a better word) "normal" fiction. A couple of weekends ago I finally got around to reading Robbe-Grillet's sole book of criticism, and it turned out to be exactly what I needed. ![]()
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