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The novel is not dying. Would you fucking pundits please make up your minds? I’m sick of this back and forth. I can’t plan anything. Here Ian McEwan chats (somewhat ironically) on internet video with Tina Brown about how he’s not as worried about it all as Philip Roth is.
Not long ago, Philip Roth told Tina Brown that the novel will die out in the face of competition from “screens”—television, movies, computers. McEwan is more optimistic: “I think we will still need to examine the fine print of human behavior, human relationships,” he says. “So whether people are reading it on an iPad or an old-fashioned book doesn’t seem to be the real issue.”
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April 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
The future is/are Lydia Davis short stories
April 21st, 2010 at 10:06 am
Re: the intro to this blog post: The key to peace of mind here is to ignore the pundits and get on with your life. Pundits make their living as flip-floppers. The rest of us don’t have to.