The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel by Elif Batuman
The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel

Elif Batuman

The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel

Elif Batuman

229 pages first pub 2007 (editions) not a book user-added

nonfiction essays literary philosophy

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"The point of departure for my dissertation is the problem of the “time of writing.” Writing a novel is a time-consuming, life-subsuming activity which must be performed in solitude—yet it also demands time-consuming research into human relationsh...

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