Robin, I love this strategy; I will have to try it sometime.
(Your comment reminded me of a novel I bought years ago but have yet to read:
The Unfortunates by B. S. Johnson. Each episode in the novel is printed as an individual pamphlet. After reading Pamphlet #1, we can then read the rest of the pamphlets in any order we see fit. I will s…
Robin, I love this strategy; I will have to try it sometime.
(Your comment reminded me of a novel I bought years ago but have yet to read:
The Unfortunates by B. S. Johnson. Each episode in the novel is printed as an individual pamphlet. After reading Pamphlet #1, we can then read the rest of the pamphlets in any order we see fit. I will someday see firsthand how Johnson's own narrative disruptions work as a narrative device.)
Robin, I love this strategy; I will have to try it sometime.
(Your comment reminded me of a novel I bought years ago but have yet to read:
The Unfortunates by B. S. Johnson. Each episode in the novel is printed as an individual pamphlet. After reading Pamphlet #1, we can then read the rest of the pamphlets in any order we see fit. I will someday see firsthand how Johnson's own narrative disruptions work as a narrative device.)
the Argentine writer Julio Cortazar also famously did this in his novel _Rayuela_ ("Hopscotch").
Monica, thank you! Something to add to my TBR list.
Ahem, be sure to number. Just saying.