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2 James Wood Quotes

James Wood delivers a sharp, grand take on how storytelling can hide emptiness, perfect for anyone craving thoughtful critique.

James Wood quotes

  1. The big contemporary novel is a perpetual motion machine that appears to have been embarrassed into velocity. It seems to want to abolish stillness, as if ashamed of silence. Stories and sub-stories sprout on every page, and these novels continually flourish their glamorous congestion.

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  2. An excess of storytelling has become the contemporary way of shrouding, in majesty, a lack; it is the Sun King principle. The lack is the human.

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