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Can the novel be saved?

There are promising signs that, despite forecasts of doom, books still have a place in our minds and hearts.

I REGARD THE NOVEL as something of an endangered species. For a long time now, I, as a novelist, have felt the way I imagine a saddlemaker must have felt after the invention of the automobile. Before discussing how and why I fear the novel is changing in ways that seem in some ways unfortunate, I need to say a few words about its origin and function.

Scholars argue over when and where the first novel was written. Thirteenth-century Japan and 15th-century France are two of the contenders, and one can certainly make a good case for the existence of various types of extended ...

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